The Year Ahead For Generic Drugs: The Calm Before The Storm
Executive Summary
Several blockbuster drugs will face generic competition for the first time in 2010, but overall the year marks a reprieve for brand drug makers, one last chance to grip the ledge before tumbling over the patent cliff in 2011
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