[Ip-health] drug naming/patents/exclusivity

Joel Lexchin joel.lexchin@utoronto.ca
Tue May 22 03:02:30 2007


There are a few other examples that I know of:

Lilly sells fluoxetine as Prozac (antidepressant) and Serafem (premenstrual
dysphoric disorder)

GSK sells buproprion as Wellbutrin (antidepressant) and Zyban (smoking
cessation)

Joel Lexchin

--
Joel Lexchin MD
121 Walmer Rd.
Toronto ON
Canada M5R 2X8
Tel: 416-964-7186
Fax: 416-736-5227
E mail: joel.lexchin@utoronto.ca