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The drug companies' patent-protected monopolies on substances that people are literally dying for may not make them particularly well-loved, but give them a strong negotiating position.
This means that when doctors searched they only found Gaviscon Advance Liquid, which is patent-protected - meaning no generic rivals are available.
Patents can also give companies patent-protected entry into lucrative new markets.
Instead Merck drove volume by relying on the clinical effectiveness of its patent-protected medications.
Patent rules can be bent in a variety of ways to delay generic drugmakers from bringing previously patent-protected products to market.
Dewey has been testing whether Nutributter, one of Nutriset's new (and patent-protected) products, might achieve similar results.
Patent protection allows inventors to recoup their investments in R&D by providing a monopoly on selling any patent-protected invention for a defined period of time.
The drugs of choice cost $10,000 to $30,000 annually (most are still patent-protected), with prices rising at double-digit rates.
Teva is known mainly as a generic company, though it has patent-protected specialty drugs as well.
As noted, early-stage research tends to be highly secretive, whereas a patent-protected idea often becomes a trading asset.
As its blockbusting anti-cholesterol drug Mevacor reaches the end of its patent-protected life, an even better heart-attack preventer, Zocor, is taking its place.
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