This statistic shows the average time from the launch of a new brand drug to the time that the patent is challenged by generic companies under paragraph IV certifications in the U.S. from 1995 to 2015. The average time from launch to having a drug patent challenged has decreased from 14.3 years as of 1995 to just 5.2 years as of 2014.
Time from launching a brand drug to meeting a paragraph IV patent challenge in the U.S. from 1995 to 2014
All numbers are 3-year moving averages for brand medicines with more than $250 million in annual sales in 2008 dollars, which account for 92% of sales of the brand medicines analyzed.
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PhRMA. (July 17, 2019). Time from launching a brand drug to meeting a paragraph IV patent challenge in the U.S. from 1995 to 2014 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 14, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/886455/drug-launch-and-generic-patent-challenges-us/
PhRMA. "Time from launching a brand drug to meeting a paragraph IV patent challenge in the U.S. from 1995 to 2014." Chart. July 17, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 14, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/886455/drug-launch-and-generic-patent-challenges-us/
PhRMA. (2019). Time from launching a brand drug to meeting a paragraph IV patent challenge in the U.S. from 1995 to 2014. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 14, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/886455/drug-launch-and-generic-patent-challenges-us/
PhRMA. "Time from Launching a Brand Drug to Meeting a Paragraph Iv Patent Challenge in The U.S. from 1995 to 2014." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Jul 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/886455/drug-launch-and-generic-patent-challenges-us/
PhRMA, Time from launching a brand drug to meeting a paragraph IV patent challenge in the U.S. from 1995 to 2014 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/886455/drug-launch-and-generic-patent-challenges-us/ (last visited December 14, 2024)
Time from launching a brand drug to meeting a paragraph IV patent challenge in the U.S. from 1995 to 2014 [Graph], PhRMA, July 17, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/886455/drug-launch-and-generic-patent-challenges-us/
