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- Title
Patent watch.
- Authors
Harrison, Charlotte
- Abstract
The article discusses, impact of the patent cliff or patent expiration on the healthcare industry in the U.S. in 2011 and 2012. It says that the sales of statin Lipitor was affected by the patent expiry, in which its sales has dropped by 71% in the third quarter of 2012. It states that the patent cliff also strikes the psychiatry sector, wherein four atypical antipsychotic drugs lost patent protection. Moreover, an increase in company merger and licensing deal was observed.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PATENT expiration; HEALTH care industry; ATORVASTATIN; DRUG prices; PSYCHIATRY; LICENSE agreements; MERGERS &; acquisitions
- Publication
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2013, Vol 12, Issue 1, p14
- ISSN
1474-1776
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nrd3924