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If it was actually 100 years old the patent would be expired. So you're actually seeing newer drugs that use the same name.
by mlindner 5y ago
If it was actually 100 years old the patent would be expired. So you're actually seeing newer drugs that use the same name.
- cycomanic 5y agoI encourage you to look up evergreening. Pharmaceuticals are playing every (legal and illegal) trick to extend patent protection. The purpose of the new formulations is often only to extend patent protection. Together with extensive advertisement campaigns to get doctors to use the new formula not all.