No­var­tis pe­ti­tions FDA to block 18 gener­ic com­peti­tors for its megablock­buster heart drug un­til 2024

No­var­tis is look­ing to milk one of its most prized pos­ses­sions a lit­tle while longer with­out any gener­ic com­pe­ti­tion, most­ly be­cause of a new­ly ap­proved use that the Big Phar­ma won ear­li­er this year for its megablock­buster heart drug En­tresto.

In ad­di­tion to bat­tling (and win­ning) lit­i­ga­tion last month to block a hand­ful of In­di­an gener­ics from en­ter­ing the mar­ket ear­ly along­side En­tresto, the com­pa­ny last week pe­ti­tioned the FDA to try to stop a to­tal of 18 En­tresto gener­ics from launch­ing be­fore 2024 at the ear­li­est.

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