Posted by ed_uk2010 on November 8, 2011, at 9:56:48
In reply to Re: Bad News on the Doorstep-Depression drug fails, posted by SLS on November 8, 2011, at 5:14:13
> Let's hope that this failure doesn't make the drug company shy to test novel drugs in the future.
Like many large pharmaceutical companies, AstraZeneca is far too dependent on its current blockbusters, many of which are losing patent protection in key markets. They don't have enough new drugs in the pipeline to make up for this. Just as an example, generic esomeprazole has recently been launched in the UK and sales of Nexium are now much lower. They had better get testing!!
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