US protection

US protection ending in 2027: Heart and blood vessels

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, 32 drugs have US protection that ends in 2027 in heart and blood vessels; 17 of them have at least one company on route B because of it.

Sources: FDA Orange Book and Purple Book, other approval registers.

32 drugs

DrugUS protectionStatusHolderTargetRoute B rows
Anakinra Ends 2027 (orphan exclusivity)Marketed Swedish Orphan Biovitrum IL1R1 0
Antihemophilic factor, pegylated (mw 20000) human sequence recombinant Ends 2027 (computed from the first US licence)Marketed Takeda 0
Bazedoxifene Ends 2027 (patent)Marketed Pfizer ESR1, ESR2 0
Bevacizumab Ends 2027 (orphan exclusivity)Marketed Roche VEGFA 2
Canakinumab Ends 2027 (orphan exclusivity)Marketed Novartis IL1B 1
Desvenlafaxine Ends 2027 (patent)Marketed Pfizer SLC6A4 0
Edoxaban Ends 2027 (patent)Marketed Daiichi Sankyo F10 1
Elotuzumab Ends 2027 (computed from the first US licence)Marketed Bristol Myers Squibb SLAMF7 0
Enzalutamide Ends 2027 (patent)Marketed Astellas AR 1
Ferric carboxymaltose Ends 2027 (patent)Marketed American Regent 0
Fluticasone furoate Ends 2027 (patent)Marketed GSK NR3C1 0
Idarucizumab Ends 2027 (computed from the first US licence)Marketed Boehringer Ingelheim 0
Iloperidone Ends 2027 (exclusivity)Marketed Vanda Pharmaceuticals HTR2A 1
Ipilimumab Ends 2027 (orphan exclusivity)Marketed Bristol Myers Squibb CTLA4 1
Lenalidomide Ends 2027 (patent)Marketed Bristol Myers Squibb CRBN 0
Mepolizumab Ends 2027 (computed from the first US licence)Marketed GSK IL5 0
Methylene blue cation Ends 2027 (exclusivity)Marketed Provepharm GUCY1A1, GUCY1A2, GUCY1B1 1
Mipomersen Ends 2027 (patent)Marketed Kastle Therapeutics APOB 1
Nintedanib Ends 2027 (exclusivity)Marketed Boehringer Ingelheim FGFR1, FGFR2, FGFR3 9
Olive oil Ends 2027 (exclusivity)Marketed Baxter Healthcare 0
Pantoprazole Ends 2027 (exclusivity)Marketed Pfizer ATP4A 1
Regadenoson anhydrous Ends 2027 (patent)Marketed Astellas ADORA2A 2
Rifaximin Ends 2027 (patent)Marketed Bausch Health 0
Sacubitril Ends 2027 (patent)Marketed Novartis MME 1
Saxagliptin anhydrous Ends 2027 (exclusivity)Marketed AstraZeneca DPP4 2
Secukinumab Ends 2027 (computed from the first US licence)Marketed Novartis IL17A 1
Sorafenib Ends 2027 (patent)Marketed Bayer BRAF, FLT1, FLT3 1
Telavancin Ends 2027 (patent)Marketed Apotex 0
Triheptanoin Ends 2027 (exclusivity)Marketed Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical 0
Umeclidinium Ends 2027 (patent)Marketed GSK CHRM3 0
Vorapaxar Ends 2027 (patent)Marketed Merck & Co. F2R 1
Vorinostat Ends 2027 (patent)Marketed Merck & Co. HDAC1, HDAC2, HDAC3 4

Listed by name. A route B row is one company at one target; for a drug with one target that is the number of companies. US protection is the US only, and it is not the date generics or biosimilars can enter.

Which companies are on route B in 2027 in heart and blood vessels

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