Ozempic will disrupt big tobacco, candy companies, and alcohol brands

Re:Ozempic will disrupt big tobacco, candy companies, and al... by knappe on Sunday April 28, 2024 @05:30PM (#40192170)

Pharma is notorious for changing the formulation just enough to acquire a new patent to restart the clock. I wouldn't be surprised if the dosage was a factor in the process.

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Re:Ozempic will disrupt big tobacco, candy companies, and al... by ec109685 on Sunday April 28, 2024 @05:36PM (#40192231)

That doesn’t mean the existing drug can’t be sold as a generic.

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Re:Ozempic will disrupt big tobacco, candy companies, and al... by kgwgk on Sunday April 28, 2024 @06:25PM (#40192534)

Sometimes it means exactly that: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4968089/

Of course you could still sell the same drug if you get it approved with a different dosage but that is a long and costly process.

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Re:Ozempic will disrupt big tobacco, candy companies, and al... by ec109685 on Sunday April 28, 2024 @06:56PM (#40192740)

That still presupposes a new patent with new dosage.

In this case, is there a dosage patent on ozempic’s current dosage? If manufacturers tweak ozempic’s current dose and get a patent, what’s to stop the existing dosage from being made by generics?

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Re:Ozempic will disrupt big tobacco, candy companies, and al... by knappe on Sunday April 28, 2024 @07:47PM (#40193038)

I really don't think you're being skeptical enough.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/gaming-us-patent-...

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