AstraZeneca is seeking approval to sell cheap off-patent drugs to Brazil.

阿斯利康公司也寻求在巴西销售那些专利保护即将到期的产品。

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Billions of dollars of branded blockbuster drugs are due to go off-patent in 2009 and 2010.

价值上万亿美元的名牌药物将在2009年和2010年失去专利保护。

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The best way out for the established drugs industry would be to find lots of clever new blockbusters to replace the ones going off-patent.

对已成型的制药业来说，最好的方法就是找到许多新的畅销药来取代专利将要过期的药品。

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Some off-patent drugs have so few side effects that they are now available without a prescription.

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The drug is off-patent, but Novartis, which makes it, has said it disagrees with the findings.

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Prozac is now off-patent and is not a significant source of revenue for the drugmaker.

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