The success behind Abbott Laboratories’ (ABT-$53.78) patent-expiry settlement with Teva Pharmaceutical is that it buys the drug maker more time to switch patients from its blockbuster drug TriCor to the brand sequel TriLipix.
Efforts to broaden the commercial appeal of Abbott’s lipid franchise, which also includes Niaspan (extended-release niacin) and Simcor (simvastatin/niacin extended release), hinges on a fixed-dose combination of TriLipix and Crestor, to be called Certriad.
Efforts to broaden the commercial appeal of Abbott’s lipid franchise, which also includes Niaspan (extended-release niacin) and Simcor (simvastatin/niacin extended release), hinges on a fixed-dose combination of TriLipix and Crestor, to be called Certriad.
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