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Patents: a necessary evil?

European Pharmaceutical Review

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently expressed concern to the US PTO about some types of innovator patent strategies that potentially delay generic entry into the market. FDA highlighted that over three quarters of new patents in the Orange Book between 2005 and 2015 were assigned to existing drugs. 23 April 2013.

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Digital Self-Neuromodulation Therapy for PTSD: Interview with Oded Kraft, CEO of GrayMatters Health

Medgadget

While for other patients the possible adverse side effects from medication may prevent them from finding pharmacological therapies effective. She started working on this technology around 2013 after realizing the dire need for an alternative solution for mental disorders, and through realization that science can provide more answers.

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Female sexual interest drug reaches tipping point with Phase III plans

Pharmaceutical Technology

The company plans to submit a request for advice from the FDA at the end of this year or the start of 2023, he adds. In 2015, the FDA approved Sprout Pharmaceuticals’s Addyi, also known under the generic name flibanserin, for use by pre-menopausal women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD).