Posted by King Vultan on May 15, 2004, at 10:48:25
In reply to Re: generic wellbutrin » King Vultan, posted by Sebastian on May 14, 2004, at 21:57:55
> Tod
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> How do the generic companies get the formula?
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> Ivan
This pharmaceutical stuff is all heavily patented, and the information is basically public knowledge. Now, with Wellbutrin SR, there was quite a bit of litigation between two or three different companies before the generic bupropion SR versions actually got released. I do not know in this case if the generic versions use the same sustained release mechanism as GlaxoSmithKline's (the original patent holder), or if the generic companies have come up with their own.Todd
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