The short version
12 companies supply this market — deep enough that no single failure threatens the supply. The generic price has fallen 42% in a year, to $5.38 per unit — and generics that get this cheap tend to get abandoned rather than defended. The brand (Trokendi XR) runs $25.94 per unit — 4.2× 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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