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That depends entirely on how much they are paid to delay. A successful pay to delay settlement can be more profitable for the generic than entering the market. That is to say, it is more profitable to share revenue from a monopoly than race to the bottom.

A classic example is GSK and TEVA with Lamictal. GSK priced the original drug at $465/dose with $1.5 billion in sales. Teva's Generic was $14/dose. TEVA happily agreed to be paid by GSK because if TEVA had won in court, entered the market, and captured 100%, they would only bring in 50 million a year

https://www.fiercepharma.com/regulatory/more-scotus-fallout-...




Do you have another source? The one you shared is light on details.

I'm not sure why TEVA would price at $14/dose at launch - most exclusive generics price at ~95% of the branded therapy, then drop once other generic entries happen. If the TEVA generic were to capture 50% of the market over 6 months, that's $600M+ in revenue, not $50M.




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