In Agile, you are supposed to ship product on a regular cadence. All features are added to a product backlog, divided into small projects that fit within a sprint, and then prioritized. The backlog is just a way to keep track of all of the ideas people have, requests from customers, major bugs and other things.
The first patent for Pristiq is set to expire in February 2022. This is the earliest predictable date that a generic version of the drug could become available. However, other circumstances could come up to extend or shorten the exclusivity period.
The drug is Pfizer's sixth most selling medicine, with global sales of $2 billion. In the US, Pfizer's patent rights on Viagra were originally set to expire in 2012. But when generic companies moved to enter the market, Pfizer piled on a method-of-use patent over the same drug, set to expire in 2019.fizer's legal monopoly on one of its top-selling drugs just got shredded in Canada. The Canadian Supreme Court has ruled 7-0 the company should have its patent taken away because the drug company attempted to game the system, grabbing a patent without disclosing what their invention really was.