Patent Expiry: Coming Soon to a Pharmaceutical Company Near You!
The Wall Street Journal Online published an insightful article today on the future of the pharmaceutical industry. The article did not contain anything that we didn’t already know–pharma is in deep doo-doo. Starting in 2010, the pharmaceutical industry faces one of the biggest waves of patent expirations ever, affecting dozens of top-selling drugs.
The WSJ was kind enough to put together a great table showing the drugs that will be losing patent protection in the near future, their manufacturers, the clinical indications for which the drugs were approved and the size of the current market for each product.
Don’t you just love the resources that high impact newspapers have at their disposal? Check it out…..
Until next time….
Good Luck and Good Job Hunting (if you can find one)!!!!!!
