sexta-feira, abril 04, 2014

Curiosidade do dia

A suprema ironia...
"Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd is an international pharmaceutical company headquartered in Petah Tikva, Israel. ... It is the largest generic drug manufacturer in the world and one of the 15 largest pharmaceutical companies worldwide."
Em tribunal a defender o prolongamento da patente de um API... "Supreme Court to Hear Appeal of Generic Drug Case":
"Teva, based in Israel, is desperate to stave off generic competition to Copaxone, which had global sales last year of $4.3 billion; $3.2 billion of that figure came from the United States. The drug, which has been on the market for 17 years and is the best-selling treatment for M.S., accounts for about 20 percent of Teva’s revenue and about half its profit.
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But a generic version of Copaxone could provide needed cost relief to the health care system. The list prices of Copaxone and other older M.S. drugs have roughly quadrupled over the last decade, to about $60,000 a year."

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