The short version
5 companies supply this market — a reasonable cushion if one runs into trouble. The generic price has fallen 36% in a year, to $0.2547 per unit — and generics that get this cheap tend to get abandoned rather than defended. The brand (Topamax) runs $7.57 per unit — 27× more. One of its named manufacturing plants, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited, failed FDA inspectionwithin the last two years — the agency’s most serious outcome. Put together: this looks like a healthy supply — the boring kind, which is exactly what you want.
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