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Venlafaxine Besylate

No brand name recorded · given by oral

One to three years until it comes off patent
1.7 yr
Until anyone may copy it
Protection runs to 2028-05-16
8
Trials running now
271 registered in total
In routine use
Furthest stage reached
already in routine clinical use
3
Organisations running trials
lead sponsors on record
01

Who owns it, and until when

Almatica Pharma Llc
Approval holder
the only company permitted to sell it today
2028-05
Last patent expires
latest patent filed against this product
none listed
FDA exclusivity ends
a separate protection granted at approval

Whichever date falls later is when other manufacturers may apply to sell copies. Price typically falls steeply within a year of that point, and with it any company's ability to recover the cost of new research on the molecule. That is when it becomes a candidate for the ledger on the first tab.

02

What it is being tested for

Major Depressive DisorderDepressionHealthy
03

Who is paying for the research

New York State Psychiatric Institu
University or hospital
3
Wyeth is now a wholly owned subsid
Company
2
H. Lundbeck A/S
Company
2

Who funds the trials matters after protection lapses. Company-funded work usually stops once exclusivity ends; university, hospital and government-funded work does not, and is the research most likely to continue on this molecule afterwards.

04

The trials themselves

NCT07737158No trials on record2026 · 228 people · not yet recruiting
Venlafaxine for Non-specific Low Back Pain

Expiry dates are what the patent holder has filed; litigation, paediatric extensions and settlements routinely move them, so read these as the earliest plausible date rather than a schedule. Not medical advice.

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