Allegra D 24hr (No Generic) has gone OTC but cost doesn't go down

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Just found out that the Allegra D 24 hr that I take has gone OTC. But is available only at the full prescription price. My insurance covered the med @ approx 1/5 of the full price. Now they will not pay for this med at all.

http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drugtopics/Clinical+News/Injunction-lifted-on-Allegra-D-24-Hour/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/706737

Injunction lifted on Allegra-D 24 Hour

Feb 8, 2011
By: From staff reports
Drug Topics E-News

Sanofi-aventis is appealing a federal judge’s decision to lift the injunction against the sale of a generic Allegra-D 24 Hour product in the United States.

The U.S. District Court of New Jersey lifted the preliminary injunction in mid-January, clearing the sale of Dr. Reddy’s generic version of Allegra-D 24 Hour (fexofenadine hydrochloride/ pseudoephedrine hydrochloride). Sanofi-aventis and Albany Molecular Research sued Dr. Reddy’s over the sale of the generic Allegra, stating that Dr. Reddy’s product infringed on Albany Molecular’s patent. An injunction has been in place since June 2010.

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The action comes on the heels of Food and Drug Administration approval of Allegra and Allegra-D for OTC use.

Meanwhile, the U.S. District Court in New Jersey ruled that Sanofi-aventis and Albany Molecular must post a $40 million bond with the court “towards the possibility that the injunction had been wrongfully granted,” according to a statement from Dr. Reddy’s.