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Hence, a 20-year period of the patent usually gives manufacturers a chance to recoup the cost of developing a new drug. When a drug patent expires, any pharmaceutical company can manufacture and sell the drug. A drug, which is produced and distributed without patent protection is called a generic drug.
08/08/2014. Patent protection doesn't last forever, and in the pharmaceutical industry the expiration of patents can lead to big losses in revenue for big pharma firms as generic drug makers scramble to produce their own versions of what were once groundbreaking medicines and treatments.