Pristiq: New Antidepressant or Merely a Patent Extender?
The newest entry into the antidepressant market is Pristiq (desvenlafaxine).Pristiq (desvenlafaxine), is in the SNRI category of antidepressants and is manufactured by the Wyeth Corporation. This drug received FDA approval in March, 2008. Faced with the fact that Wyeth is losing patent protection for its top-selling antidepressant Effexor XR(venlafaxine XR), the company needed a brand [...]