You may wonder why generic drugs are made. The patents for drugs usually last for twenty years however they are taken away early in the event of a process and with a long animal then human clinical trials it can take a decade or more from getting the patent to go into production.

Some companies may make a challenge for patents or get around them by making drugs that are going to do the same job but just a little bit different so that they are not affected by the existing patents.
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