Suzieq, That was my error! I had read about it being approved on another website. The application for extension from May 28, 2013 for 586 days to January 4, 2015 has not been approved yet. However, it is still listed as in process. Sprycel also has a request for a very short extension for something like 76 days to June 28, 2020. You will find both drugs on the last 3 pages of the United States Patent and Trademark Office web site, which I have attached below. If you click on the patent number to the left of the drug name, it will pull up the actual application.
You might also find the battle Novartis is having with India over patent issues interesting. Google: Novartis gleevec patent in india. http://www.uspto.gov/patents/resources/terms/156.jsp On Jan 11, 2011, at 2:17 PM, Suzieq wrote: > > Hello again from a very cold & snowy Missouri: > > What great discussion this has been & hearing from all of you on the > differences of cost and what we've all been through....well, I've > enjoyed it a lot. > > Had my six month's check up yesterday. Doc says everything looks very > good. I personally thought that my counts were a little bit low, but > think they've ran a little on the anemic side since the beginning and > no one seems concerned, so guess I shouldn't be either. (smile) She > said that we'ld stay on the six month's visits unless there was a > noticeable change in the BCR-ABL that comes in a couple of weeks. We > talked about my 7 year anniversary & she told me that I was in that > "pioneer" group of being on Gleevec for a long period & that right > now, no one (medical field) knows about whether it will be a cure for > CML or just what might occur down the road. I thought to myself, well > there are others who've been on it longer than me. (smile) I don't > really feel much like a "pioneer", but I am very happy that when I > was dx'ed, there was a drug for it. > > By the way, who posted about Novartis getting the extension on the > patent for Gleevec? And, is there a link to the article? My doc > hadn't heard anything about that. > > And, a great big HOWDY to Skip & congrats for surviving going on your > 34th year with CML. You inspire all the rest of us to keep fighting > each & every day! God bless you and all you other's who've paved the > way before us! > > Suzieq > > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope
