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Guess How Many Applications Received Pediatric Exclusivity in 2015?
By Bob Pollock | January 13, 2016
Pediatric exclusivity is a widely sought-after form of patent protection that can add 6 months onto any existing non-expired listed patent protection (not the patent itself, because only the Patent and Trademark Office can extend a patent, but, rather, it is a period of protection during which the FDA cannot approve a generic for the drug). When granted, it attaches to any existing unexpired period market exclusivity (3-year Hatch-Waxman, 5-year new chemical entity and 7-year orphan drug exclusivity); thus its value can be quite considerable. Just think of a $3 billion/year drug product that gets 6 month months of market protection. A $1.5 billion windfall is nothing to sneeze at!
The FDA has updated its pediatric exclusivity page (
here); a search of the document reveals 9 different products received pediatric exclusivity during 2015. A look at the products, the firms, and indications are provided in the table below.
Pediatric Exclusivity Awarded 2015
Drug
Firm
Indication
Asenapine
Forest Labs
Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disease
Atazanavir
Bristol-Myers Squibb
HIV Infection
Azelastine
Meda
Perennial and seasonal allergic rhinitis
Azelastine/fluticasone
Meda
Perennial and seasonal allergic rhinitis
Bortezomib
Millennium
Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)
Eltrombopag
Novartis
Thrombocytopenia in children with chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP)
Erlotinib
OSI Pharmaceuticals
Treatment of cancer (recurrent ependymoma)
Rufinamide
Eisai
Adjunctive treatment of seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS)
Sumatriptan/Naproxen
GSK-Pernix
Migraine
The number of awards of pediatric exclusivity in 2015 are substantially higher than the numbers from 2013 or 2014, when 6 awards were made in each of those years. What will 2016 bring? We will see, but it is certain that the industry will be looking to protect their products, and pediatric exclusivity is certainly a good way to do that!
