Generic entry timeline

CEDAZURIDINE generics — when can they launch?

CEDAZURIDINE (CEDAZURIDINE) · · 6 active US patents · 0 expired

Earliest patent expiry
2028-10-16
2 years remaining
Full patent estate to
2041-02-24
complete protection through 2041
FDA approval
2020

Where CEDAZURIDINE sits in the generic timeline

Imminent generic cliff: earliest active US patent for CEDAZURIDINE expires in 2028 (~2 years from today). ANDA filers are likely already preparing Paragraph IV certifications. Expect first-filer 180-day exclusivity competition imminently.

Under US Hatch-Waxman, a generic enters via an ANDA (Abbreviated New Drug Application) and may file with one of four Paragraph IV certifications attacking the brand's listed patents. If the brand sues within 45 days, a 30-month FDA approval stay is triggered. First Para IV filer typically gets 180-day market exclusivity.

Patent estate by type — active patents

Method-of-use patents only carve out specific indications; generics can launch with a "skinny label" omitting those uses. Composition-of-matter patents block the molecule itself.

  • Method of Use — 3 patents
  • Formulation — 2 patents
  • Composition of Matter — 1 patent

FDA U-codes carved out by CEDAZURIDINE patents

Method-of-use patents are listed against specific FDA Patent Use Codes ("U-codes") representing carved-out indications. Generics can launch with a label that omits these uses.

U-codeDescription
U-2864(no description)
U-2866(no description)
U-2865(no description)

Sample patent estate

Showing 6 of 6 active US patents. View full estate on the CEDAZURIDINE drug page →

  • US8618075 Method of Use · expires 2028-10-16
    This patent protects certain tetrahydrouridine derivative compounds, compositions, and kits, and methods of making and using these compounds.
    USPTO title: Certain compounds, compositions and methods
  • US9567363 Composition of Matter · expires 2028-10-16
    This patent protects certain tetrahydrouridine derivative compounds and methods of making and using them.
    USPTO title: Certain compounds, compositions and methods
  • US8268800 Method of Use · expires 2030-08-22
    This patent protects certain tetrahydrouridine derivative compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and kits, as well as methods of making and using these compounds.
    USPTO title: Certain compounds, compositions and methods
  • US12195496 Formulation · expires 2040-10-07
    This patent protects methods for synthesizing 2′-deoxy-2′,2′-difluorotetrahydrouridine with increased purity and uniform particle size distribution.
    USPTO title: 2′-deoxy-2′,2′-difluorotetrahydrouridines with high purity and methods of making the same
  • US11963971 Formulation · expires 2041-02-24
    This patent protects solid oral dosage forms of a combination of decitabine and cedazuridine.
    USPTO title: Combination decitabine and cedazuridine solid oral dosage forms
  • US12239653 Method of Use · expires 2041-02-24
    This patent protects a method of using cedazuridine in combination with decitabine in solid oral dosage forms.
    USPTO title: Combination decitabine and cedazuridine solid oral dosage forms

Sources

Patent term extensions (PTR, pediatric exclusivity), Hatch-Waxman 30-month stays, and FDA regulatory exclusivity (NCE/ODE/PED) may shift the effective generic entry date. Not legal advice.

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