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Montevideo, November 22nd 2024 - 13:06 UTC

Tag: IMS Health (IMS)

  • Saturday, August 16th 2014 - 11:49 UTC

    Plenty of generic Viagra in Brazilian pharmacies as patent expires

    Carlos Sanchez has turned EMS Participacoes SA into a pharmaceutical company with revenue of two billion Reais

    The day after Pfizer Inc’s patent for Viagra expired in Brazil, Carlos Sanchez flooded pharmacies with his generic erectile dysfunction pills. It was a day his army of lawyers, researchers and marketers had been preparing for more than three years, even winning a bid to move up the patent’s expiration date.