patent
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GSK said the acquisition is expected to contribute to revenue growth from 2027 and strengthen its core operating profit, helping offset the loss of patent protection for HIV drug dolutegravir over 2028-30.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
The team has completed the basic research phase and filed a patent application for Compound 10.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
It has also fought to have its patent extended in other countries, like China and Brazil.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Merck has made several deals for new drugs to prepare for the 2028 patent expiration of Keytruda, which produced $32 billion in sales last year alone.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
I watched dumbly as a shutter of recognition clicked across the blur of tenderness and the wide pupils went glossy and depthless as patent leather.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
Vocabulary lists containing patent
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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The Ingenious Lexicon of Invention
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"Of Plymouth Plantation," Vocabulary from the historical account
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