Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Term of the day. LOE


Novartis' CEO Ian Read explained in the 2012 third-quarter earnings report, "Year-to-date we have absorbed approximately $5.5 billion in LOEs." An "LOE" is a loss of exclusivity to drug formulas, including Lipitor and others in this case, and $5.5 billion is no joke.

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