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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (36583)8/27/2009 5:21:26 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71588
 
If the substance is given a new patent as a new substance, then generics are not delayed. The new (or perhaps falsely claimed new) substance gets a patent and can't directly be marketed by others, but the old substance can be (for example loratadine is an OTC generic, even though desloratadine isn't)