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Posted by tygereyes on April 23, 2005, at 9:48:57
When does the patent on Zoloft expire? I thought that Zoloft came out right after Prozac ... it seems as though a generic should be available by now?
Posted by linkadge on April 23, 2005, at 10:31:02
In reply to Zoloft patent?, posted by tygereyes on April 23, 2005, at 9:48:57
Generic is available in Canada.
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Posted by cache-monkey on April 23, 2005, at 14:38:19
In reply to Zoloft patent?, posted by tygereyes on April 23, 2005, at 9:48:57
I looked it up in the FDA's orange book [*], and the latest date exclusivity for the patent on sertraline is Feb 7, 2006. (Although I'm not sure I'm reading it right...)
[*] http://www.fda.gov/cder/ob/docs/queryai.htm
> When does the patent on Zoloft expire? I thought that Zoloft came out right after Prozac ... it seems as though a generic should be available by now?
Posted by Phillipa on April 23, 2005, at 19:18:19
In reply to Re: Zoloft patent? » tygereyes, posted by cache-monkey on April 23, 2005, at 14:38:19
So I guess they will come out with a long acting version. Fondly, Phillipa
Posted by krybrahaha78 on April 24, 2005, at 0:34:26
In reply to Re: Zoloft patent?, posted by Phillipa on April 23, 2005, at 19:18:19
yep, look out for Zoloft CR ---
> So I guess they will come out with a long acting version. Fondly, Phillipa
Posted by tygereyes on April 24, 2005, at 11:27:42
In reply to Re: Zoloft patent?, posted by krybrahaha78 on April 24, 2005, at 0:34:26
But isn't Zoloft already long-acting? I mean, isn't that why you can take it once a day rather than several times a day?
(I'm not actually on Zoloft, I'm just curious because it seems like Prozac has been generic for a while now, and Zoloft - which I believe was introduced shortly after Prozac - isn't genertic yet.)
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