When will hfa inhalers become available as generic versions?

Posted:: 29 Dec 2009 by gnarlyskigirl
Topics:: flovent, flovent hfa, proair hfa, qvar, ventolin, ventolin hfa, asthma -- acute, asthma -- maintenance, albuterol

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Albuterol HFA, Ventolin HFA, Proair HFA;
also QVAR HFA, Flovent HFA and other corticosteroid inhalers
I understand the patents for many of these were set to expire November 2009, but I cannot find information on the estimated availability of generic versions of these inhalers. Does anyone have an ETA or know what's going on with the patents? Many thanks!

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Marvell

19 Jan 2010

There are probably some out already. Once the patent expires for each individual inhaler I'm sure a generic will come out. The patent for each one will be different and you need to find out from FDA website.

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