Expiring drug patents

Wednesday, January 4, 2006

Patent protection for drugs like Ambien, Zocor and Zoloft has expired, leaving them open to generic knock-offs. Janet Babin looks at what generic drug companies need to do to cash in.

Zoloft (Joe Raedle (c) Getty Images)

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