Meanings of patent drugs in English

Its portfolio includes off- patent drugs and products that remain under patent.

India harbours an army of companies driving prices down with copies of off- patent drugs.

The Company's main products consist of Chinese patent drugs, chemical drugs and bulk drugs, among others.

Merck's off- patent drugs are called "diversified brands" and many are sold in emerging markets.

Academics should be permitted to patent drugs developed under federal grants (as a Reagan-era law allows).

Under Pearson's leadership, the company has come under U.S. government scrutiny for acquiring off- patent drugs and drastically hiking the prices.

Hamied was the boss of Cipla, a Mumbai-based company founded by his father to make cheap generic copies of out-of- patent drugs.

Witty said he would remain "extremely pragmatic", noting the company had already announced plans to divest certain older off- patent drugs.

These off- patent drugs command a hefty premium to ones made by local suppliers, since the Western drugmaker's name is a proxy for quality.

Most sales in emerging markets come from branded generics, which are off- patent drugs priced at a premium to those made by local manufacturers.

Valeant and Turing Pharmaceuticals have been under mounting U.S. government scrutiny over their practice of acquiring off- patent drugs and drastically hiking the prices.

Pharmaceutical companies have a history of reformulating off- patent drugs, changing them to an extended release pill or a liquid version to get a new patent.

Its prescription drugs segment manufactures unbranded generic, branded generic and patented drugs.

Some safeguards against it are suggested by the struggle over patented drugs in South Africa.

The practice of copying patented drugs has made medicines affordable for patients around the world.

Pharmaceutical companies maximise profits by developing patented drugs.