Time from brand drug launch to generic patent challenges U.S. 1995-2014
This statistic shows the average time from the launch of a new brand drug to the time that the patent is challenged by generic companies under paragraph IV certifications in the U.S. from 1995 to 2015. The average time from launch to having a drug patent challenged has decreased from 14.3 years as of 1995 to just 5.2 years as of 2014.
