Jun 22 2012
The Wall Street Journal: Abbott Is Challenging Biotech Drug Copies
If the challenge succeeds, less-expensive versions of complex biologic drugs couldn't go on sale in the U.S. for years, and consumers may never have access to facsimiles of existing treatments such as Abbott's rheumatoid arthritis therapy Humira, which had $3.4 billion in U.S. sales last year and is projected to be the world's No. 1-selling drug this year (Rockoff, 6/21).
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