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VIMPAT Drug Patent Profile


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When do Vimpat patents expire, and what generic alternatives are available?

Vimpat is a drug marketed by Ucb Inc and is included in three NDAs.

The generic ingredient in VIMPAT is lacosamide. There are twenty-two drug master file entries for this compound. Forty-four suppliers are listed for this compound. Additional details are available on the lacosamide profile page.

DrugPatentWatch® Litigation and Generic Entry Outlook for Vimpat

A generic version of VIMPAT was approved as lacosamide by ALEMBIC on March 17th, 2022.

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Pharmacology for VIMPAT
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Tradename Dosage Ingredient Strength NDA ANDAs Submitted Submissiondate
VIMPAT Injection lacosamide 10 mg/mL, 20 mL 022254 1 2016-06-30
VIMPAT Tablets lacosamide 50 mg, 100 mg, 150 mg, and 200 mg 022253 14 2012-10-29
VIMPAT Oral Solution lacosamide 10 mg/mL 022255 3 2012-10-29

US Patents and Regulatory Information for VIMPAT

VIMPAT is protected by zero US patents and two FDA Regulatory Exclusivities.

FDA Regulatory Exclusivity protecting VIMPAT

USE OF ALTERNATE INITIAL DOSING REGIMEN FOR INITIATION OF LACOSAMIDE TREATMENT IN PARTIAL ONSET SEIZURE PATIENTS ≥1 MONTH TO
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Applicant Tradename Generic Name Dosage NDA Approval Date TE Type RLD RS Patent No. Patent Expiration Product Substance Delist Req. Exclusivity Expiration
Ucb Inc VIMPAT lacosamide SOLUTION;INTRAVENOUS 022254-001 Oct 28, 2008 AP RX Yes Yes ⤷  Sign Up ⤷  Sign Up ⤷  Sign Up
Ucb Inc VIMPAT lacosamide TABLET;ORAL 022253-002 Oct 28, 2008 AB RX Yes No ⤷  Sign Up ⤷  Sign Up ⤷  Sign Up
Ucb Inc VIMPAT lacosamide SOLUTION;ORAL 022255-001 Apr 20, 2010 AA RX Yes Yes ⤷  Sign Up ⤷  Sign Up ⤷  Sign Up
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Expired US Patents for VIMPAT

Applicant Tradename Generic Name Dosage NDA Approval Date Patent No. Patent Expiration
Ucb Inc VIMPAT lacosamide TABLET;ORAL 022253-002 Oct 28, 2008 ⤷  Sign Up ⤷  Sign Up
Ucb Inc VIMPAT lacosamide SOLUTION;INTRAVENOUS 022254-001 Oct 28, 2008 ⤷  Sign Up ⤷  Sign Up
Ucb Inc VIMPAT lacosamide TABLET;ORAL 022253-003 Oct 28, 2008 ⤷  Sign Up ⤷  Sign Up
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EU/EMA Drug Approvals for VIMPAT

Company Drugname Inn Product Number / Indication Status Generic Biosimilar Orphan Marketing Authorisation Marketing Refusal
UCB Pharma SA Vimpat lacosamide EMEA/H/C/000863
Vimpat is indicated as monotherapy and adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial-onset seizures with or without secondary generalisation in adults, adolescents and children from 4 years of age with epilepsy.
Authorised no no no 2008-08-29
UCB Pharma S.A. Lacosamide UCB lacosamide EMEA/H/C/005243
Lacosamide UCB is indicated as monotherapy and adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial-onset seizures with or without secondary generalisation in adults, adolescents and children from 4 years of age with epilepsy.,
Authorised no no no 2019-08-26
Accord Healthcare S.L.U. Lacosamide Accord lacosamide EMEA/H/C/004443
Lacosamide Accord is indicated as monotherapy in the treatment of partial-onset seizures with or without secondary generalisation in adults, adolescents and children from 4 years of age with epilepsy.Lacosamide Accord is indicated as adjunctive therapy•         in the treatment of partial-onset seizures with or without secondary generalisation in adults, adolescents and children from 4 years of age with epilepsy.•         in the treatment of primary generalised tonic-clonic seizures in adults, adolescents and children from 4 years of age with idiopathic generalised epilepsy.
Authorised yes no no 2017-09-18
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International Patents for VIMPAT

See the table below for patents covering VIMPAT around the world.

Country Patent Number Title Estimated Expiration
Canada 1340902 COMPOSE ANTICONVULSIF A BASE D'UN DERIVE D'ACIDE AMINE (AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE ANTICONVULSANT) ⤷  Sign Up
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 9221648 ⤷  Sign Up
Austria 202079 ⤷  Sign Up
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Supplementary Protection Certificates for VIMPAT

Patent Number Supplementary Protection Certificate SPC Country SPC Expiration SPC Description
0888289 C300376 Netherlands ⤷  Sign Up PRODUCT NAME: LACOSAMIDE; REGISTRATION NO/DATE: EU/1/08/470/001-016 20080829
0888289 CA 2009 00001 Denmark ⤷  Sign Up
0888289 09C0006 France ⤷  Sign Up PRODUCT NAME: LACOSAMIDE; REGISTRATION NO/DATE IN FRANCE: EU/1/08/470/001 DU 20080829; REGISTRATION NO/DATE AT EEC: EU/1/08/470/001 DU 20080829
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