Thursday, October 18, 2007

AstraZeneca - Symbicort: generics ahoy!

Poor AstraZeneca. The European Patent Office has revoked the European Combination patent for Symbicort, to treat asthma following an appeal from a group of generic manufacturers.

The patent had been due to protect Symbicort in 17 countries until 2012.

However, the drug still has data exclusivity that prevents a generic competitor launching a copy before 2010.

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