Second medical use patents
Patent cliffs remain one of the biggest issues facing the pharmaceutical industry. In 2012 and 2013, a number of high-value branded drugs have lost or will lose their patent protection (for example Sanofi and Bristol-Myers’ Plavix, Novartis’ Diovan, Eli Lilly’s Cymbalta, Novartis’ Reclast and Merck’s Propacae). The resultant erosionof earnings is vast. In the light of […]