Hospital-Associated Infections Market May Decline Due to Patent Expiries

The global hospital-associated bacterial infections market is forecast to reach $1.4 billion by 2016, indicated a reduced growth rate due to patent expiries of major blockbusters, which are expected to decrease the annual cost of therapy after 2009, according to a GBI Research news release.

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The global hospital-acquired bacterial infections market is expected to witness a series of patent expiries between 2009 and 2016, which includes most of the top selling blockbuster drugs for urinary tract infections, pneumonia, surgical site infections and bloodstream infections. The major drugs that are set to lose patent protection include Zyvox (linezolid, 2013), Levaquin (levofloxacin, 2010), Invanz (ertapenem, 2013) and Tobi (tobramycin, 2014).

Read the news release about the hospital-associated infections market.

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