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off-patent drugs

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off-patent drugs
see generic (2).


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The legal acquirement of the off-patent drugs approximately includes two situations: one is the pharmaceutical copy after the patent expiration; the other is that the government obtains the production of the off-patent drugs by means of compulsory license in the field of patent drugs related to public health.
These drugs also offer some economic protection for larger companies, as they can allow weaker-selling or off-patent drugs to be paired with a stronger-selling or patented drug.
Experts expect that during the trade agreement talks, the United States will request that Korea enact a law similar to the United States Hatch-Waxman Act which provides incentives to support the development of generic versions of off-patent drugs and permit patent owners to recover time lost during FDA approval," Sunhee Lee, Of Counsel for Sughrue's Biotechnology/Pharmaceutical Group and a registered Korean patent attorney, said.
 
 
 
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