RE: Managing Expectations21 Sep 2025 17:11
Hi SOG, both Gemcitabine and Cisplatin patents expired some time ago (see below) so that may make life easier for a 737 deal as the buyer/licensee isn't necessarily tied to a single manufacturer/owner. At the last investor presentation SP did hint they hoped to update us 'not too far hence' - hmmm, words coming back to bite him?
Gemcitabine (brand name: Gemzar) is a chemotherapy drug approved by the FDA in 1996 for various cancers, including pancreatic, ovarian, breast, and non-small cell lung cancer. Its core compound patent expired in the US in 2010, following earlier expiration in Europe in 2009 and successful patent challenges that invalidated key manufacturing protections. As a result, gemcitabine has been off-patent for over a decade and is widely available as a generic drug from multiple manufacturers, including Accord Healthcare, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Fresenius Kabi, and others. Generic versions are included in over 30 NDAs and are routinely used in clinical practice due to cost-effectiveness.
Cisplatin (brand name: Platinol) is a platinum-based chemotherapy drug approved by the FDA in 1978 for cancers such as testicular, ovarian, and bladder cancer. Its original patents, issued in the late 1970s, expired in the mid-1990s (around 1996 without extensions). Generic versions have been approved and available since at least May 2000, with widespread market entry by multiple suppliers like Hikma, Bedford Laboratories, and Teva. Today, cisplatin is fully generic, with no active compound patents, and is produced by numerous manufacturers for global use.
For all we know there is a 7am RNS prepped for tomorrow.