Posted by Dopamine123 on April 4, 2008, at 12:16:32
In reply to Re: I bloody hope so? » llurpsienoodle, posted by cactus on April 3, 2008, at 2:57:44
Somehow the maker of provigil was able to stop generics makers from making this drug.
http://www.modafinil.com/generic/index.html
>"Barr spokeswoman Carol Cox said the generic-drug maker won't have a product on the market any time soon because the application is subject to litigation.Cephalon Inc., the maker of Provigil, the brand name for Modafinil, alleges Barr infringed its patent on the drug. A trial is scheduled for next January in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey.
Modafinil had annual sales of about $289 million, as of Nov. 30."
According to this website:
>Modafanil is marketed as 'Alertec' in Canada - and over the Net. 'Alertec' is less expensive than 'Provigil'. Cheap generic modafinil has been available since 2006. But Cephalon is vigorously litigating to defend its patents.So maybe it won't be too much longer for the generic to come out.
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