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. 2014 Oct 13;49(9):813–825. doi: 10.1310/hpj4909-813

Table 2. Sample of biologic drugs with pending or past exclusivity dates in the United States48.

Biologic drug Original license applicant FDA approval date
Adalimumab Abbott Laboratories December 2002

Bevacizumab Genentech, Inc. February 2004

Cetuximab ImClone Systems, Inc. February 2004

Darbepoetin alfa Amgen Inc. September 2001

Epoetin alfa Amgen Inc. June 1989

Etanercept Immunex Corp. November 1998/September 2004

Filgrastim Amgen Inc. February 1991

Infliximab Janssen Biotech, Inc. August 1998

Interferon alfa-2b Schering Corp. June 1986

Interferon beta-1a Biogen Idec, Inc. May 1996

Interferon beta-1b Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. July 1993

Interferon gamma-1b InterMune, Inc. February 1999

Pegfilgrastim Amgen Inc. January 2002

Peginterferon alfa-2a Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. October 2002/September 2011

Peginterferon alfa-2b Schering Corp. January 2001

Rituximab Genentech, Inc. November 1997

Trastuzumab Genentech, Inc. September 1998