NME Exclusivity Petitions Expand; Ferring Request For Colon-Cleansing Combo Has Urgency
Executive Summary
Ferring requests five years of marketing exclusivity for Prepopik; Gilead also has asked FDA to award five years of exclusivity for active ingredients in a combination product that has not been previously approved, but Gilead has patents to fall back on while Ferring has none.
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