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Ibrance Generics Arrive In India, Patient Programs Add Free Drug Component

 
• By Anju Ghangurde

Pfizer’s Ibrance is set to lose exclusivity in the US only by 2027, but the Indian market is buzzing with activity as generics including from top-ranked drug maker Sun Pharma vie for a share of the pie. Competing CDK4/6 inhibitors are already available but can cut-price palbociclib versions alter market dynamics?

Cut-Price Generic Ibrance Versions Debut In India • Source: Shutterstock

2023 has brought with it some big-ticket patent expiries on the Indian market.

Even as twists and turns around the patent battle pertaining to Novartis AG’s heart-failure therapy Entresto (sacubitril/valsartan) continue to play out, frontline Indian companies have hit the market with generic versions of Pfizer Inc.’s blockbuster anticancer Ibrance (palbociclib). (Also see "Pendulum Swings Again: Entresto Patent In India Restored, For Now" - Scrip, 20 January, 2023

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