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Top 20 Drugs with US Patent Expiry in 2023 Based on Total Sales Value

PharmaShots

Shots: Drug patent expiry is when a patent granted to a pharmaceutical company for a particular drug expires, allowing other companies to produce and sell generic versions Like every other utility patent, pharmaceuticals also get market exclusivity of 20 years.

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Beating the Big C

Pharmaceutical Technology

The world’s biggest pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced in June 2008 that it would be putting its “full scope and scale” behind a push into the cancer market. “Companies used to be universally protected by patents but there is a pathway to approval opening up for biosimilar legislation. .