Sentence examples for because of patent from inspiring English sources

(These are not available in the United States yet because of patent problems -- no Western company makes all three drugs for an ideal cocktail).

This year alone, because of patent expirations, the drug industry will lose control over more than 10 megamedicines whose combined annual sales have neared $50 billion.

Before closing his plant down because of patent difficulties, Mowbray made about 450,000 kilograms (1,000,000 pounds) of nitroglycerin without accidents in either manufacture or shipment.

But because of patent disputes, there are questions about how soon Conor's stent, the CoStar, which is already available in Europe and some other markets, will be on the market in this country.

Mr. Bush said he was also directing the agency not to block generics because of patent disputes over minor issues like the color of a pill bottle or the use of ingredients not related to the drug's effectiveness.

Genovations' test results, for example, do not mention the Alzheimer's connection when reporting the presence of the ApoE gene -- mainly because of patent concerns on the use of this gene for all Alzheimer's applications.

For the quarter ended Sept. 30, Digene's net loss widened to $2.62 million, or 14 cents a share, from $535,000, or 3 cents, as legal expenses grew because of patent-infringement lawsuits.

Experts say there are not that many tests offered exclusively by one company because of patents.

Even Bristol-Myers Squibb, a company that supports the Bush administration's efforts to extend drug patent protection in the developing world, has said its researchers cannot pursue at least 50 promising approaches to fighting cancer because of patents accumulated by others.

"That's not the same thing as saying, 'I spend more money developing innovative technologies because of patents.' " Even some industry executives say the frenzy of cross-licensing may be anticompetitive.

One reason the diagnostic companies do less well, Mr. Trusheim said, is that while drugs typically have market exclusivity because of patents and federal laws, tests often face instant competition.