exclusivity

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These companies are used to steep revenue drops known as patent cliffs that occur when their exclusivities on big-selling drugs expire and generic rivals move in, but they strategize for those swings for years.

From Reuters • Feb. 6, 2023

Branded drugs enjoy monopoly status, on average, for the first decade after FDA approval, with some exclusivities lasting much longer.

From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2022

“If remdesivir is found to be effective and is approved, Gilead should not be allowed to enforce its patents nor claim any other types of exclusivities over remdesivir,” the group wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2020

“These products can be hard to copy, and therefore sometimes don’t face timely generic competition once patents and exclusivities are no longer a block to approval.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 16, 2018

Until recently, most public concern over increasing pharmaceutical prices has focused on the monopolies enjoyed by manufacturers of new drugs, which are protected by a web of patents and other market exclusivities.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2016