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How long does the patent last? It should be made available as a generic drug when the exclusivity period elapses, right?
by at_compile_time 5y ago
How long does the patent last? It should be made available as a generic drug when the exclusivity period elapses, right?
- folli 5y agoThey usually last around 10 years with some options to extend for another 5-10 years. By the way, that's one of the reasons drugs are so expensive: pharma co. needs to recoup the costs before the patents expire.
- BizarroLand 5y agoThe flip side of patent expiration is that a rival company would need the infrastructure and capability of manufacturing the drug. For something like Aspirin, that's not a high bar to clear, an avid experimenter could probably do that in their basement, but for gene therapy drugs I feel confident in saying that it's orders of magnitude higher. Then again, they could kickstarter it and say that if they get X orders or raise Y money they'll do it, make and sell the 20-30k doses for everyone and then close up shop with a healthy profit.