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Originally Posted by africanhope";p="
Are these drugs on which the patent limitation thingy, the amount of time before generic drugs may legaly be sold, has already lapsed?
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generally a patent is good for 20 years, but it usually takes 5-10 years after approval before it goes to market. So most drugs are on the market about 12 yrs on average before generics become available.
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