May 17th, 2012
FDA Approves Generic Clopidogrel as Plavix Loses Patent Protection
Larry Husten, PHD
For the second time in the past 6 months, a cardiology mainstay drug has lost patent protection and gone generic. Today, the FDA announced that it had approved several generic versions of clopidogrel (Plavix), the antiplatelet drug that for many years was the second best-selling drug in the world. Last November, the best-selling drug of all time, […]