Medical, cost of new migrained medicine & patents

cost of new migrained medicine & patents

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Jon Christens #1 / 5	cost of new migrained medicine & patents A friend of mine is taking the new migraine medicine which she self-injects. Currently this costs about $50-$75 a dose. What I'm wondering is whether the cost will remain this high, or if there is some reason to expect that the price will drop in the near future. I can remember when I was a child always being given the latest and greatest allergy medicines. They would start out at $1-$2 a pill while the company who patented the medication was the only one allowed to manufacture it. Then, after about a year, the patent protection would stop and the price of the medication would drop drastically. Is this the case w/ the migraine medication? If so, does anyone know how long patent protection will last? thanks, Jon -- Jon Christensen -- -- Jon Christensen
Tue, 09 Jul 1996 01:38:09 GMT

Steve Dy #2 / 5	cost of new migrained medicine & patents Quote: >A friend of mine is taking the new migraine medicine which she >self-injects. Currently this costs about $50-$75 a dose. What >I'm wondering is whether the cost will remain this high, or if >there is some reason to expect that the price will drop in the >near future. Sumatriptan is fairly new, so the only way I cam imagine there being a price break anytime soon is if a competitor comes out with a "me-too" drug. Quote: >I can remember when I was a child always being given the latest >and greatest allergy medicines. They would start out at $1-$2 >a pill while the company who patented the medication was the only >one allowed to manufacture it. Then, after about a year, the >patent protection would stop and the price of the medication >would drop drastically. Is this the case w/ the migraine >medication? If so, does anyone know how long patent protection >will last? Patent protection for {filter} in the US is 17 years. -- Steve Dyer
Tue, 09 Jul 1996 02:52:36 GMT

Eric Hi #3 / 5	cost of new migrained medicine & patents My wife uses the same medication for her headaches and pays $30.00 per injection. Imetrex... Eric Hill
Tue, 09 Jul 1996 04:05:56 GMT

Greg Mcarth #4 / 5	cost of new migrained medicine & patents : A friend of mine is taking the new migraine medicine which she : self-injects. Currently this costs about $50-$75 a dose. What : I'm wondering is whether the cost will remain this high, or if : there is some reason to expect that the price will drop in the : near future. : I can remember when I was a child always being given the latest : and greatest allergy medicines. They would start out at $1-$2 : a pill while the company who patented the medication was the only : one allowed to manufacture it. Then, after about a year, the : patent protection would stop and the price of the medication Patent protection is good for 17 years. : would drop drastically. Is this the case w/ the migraine : medication? If so, does anyone know how long patent protection : will last? : thanks, : Jon : -- : Jon Christensen : -- : -- : Jon Christensen
Tue, 09 Jul 1996 14:25:34 GMT

L. D. Sitwe #5 / 5	cost of new migrained medicine & patents There is a rumour that Merck, Sharp and Dome are coming out with a modified version of sumatriptan that sould bypass the patent. I'm surprised by the $50 - 75 cost. The later posting of $30 per injection is closer to the cost of the medication here in Canada, where is has been available for about two or three years. -- ============================================================================= Lucian Sitwell \| There are two types of people in this world Ottawa, ON, Canada \| ---- those who divide everything into two
Wed, 10 Jul 1996 20:46:18 GMT

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