Evdi Generic: When Will Generic Trabectedin Be Available?

Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS

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Updated October 9, 2026 How we build our data

Evdi Generic at a Glance

Four quick answers from FDA records and our estimate.

  1. When is the first generic expected? February 2043 About 16.5 years away Why then?
  2. Has the FDA approved a generic? Not yet None in the FDA’s records yet Why not yet?
  3. When does the last patent end? February 2043 Its only patent listed with the FDA
  4. Can you buy a generic today? Not yet No company lists one for sale

Explains

PharmD, BCPS · Clinical pharmacist Updated

Generic trabectedin is expected to be available in February 2043, about 16.5 years away. None is for sale yet.

Why February 2043?

It is when Evdi’s patent 12,303,506 ends. That patent covers the product’s formulation, and once it ends, generics can go on sale as soon as the FDA approves them. We rate it toss-up: still unsettled. Just as likely to slip as to hold.

Why hasn’t the FDA approved a generic yet?

That is normal before a launch. The FDA usually can’t give a generic its final approval while a patent or exclusivity still blocks it, so final approval often comes close to the day the generic can be sold. No company holds a “tentative” approval yet either (the FDA’s word for a generic that is ready but still blocked).

Will the generic cost less?

Usually, but no company is recorded as having applied to make one yet, and a single company usually brings only a modest drop. See the price pattern

What should I do now?

Keep taking Evdi as prescribed. When a generic arrives, your pharmacy may switch you to it automatically, and it may look different. What a generic means for you

Our month is only an estimate based on available information, so we never name a day.

Evdi by the Numbers

Reason
Patent expiresA patent that protects the brand runs out. After that, approved generics can be sold.
How sure
Toss-up Still unsettled. Just as likely to slip as to hold.
Price competition
None filed yet No filers on record
Brand sales
Sales not reported
  • FDA approved 2026 May 2026 FDA Orange Book
  • Patents listed 1 last runs to February 2043 FDA Orange Book

Evdi’s Road to a Generic

Evdi has had the market to itself since the FDA approved it in May 2026 (Apotex Inc). Its one listed patent runs to February 2043.

The first generic of Evdi is expected in February 2043.

Why that month: patent 12,303,506, on the product’s formulation, ends then.

Brand alone on the market Since FDA approval, May 2026
Patent 12,303,506 Expires February 2043 The patent behind the expected month of generic availability
Brand alone on the market Patent on the formulation First generic expected Swipe the chart sideways to see every year.

Each bar runs from the brand’s approval to the day that protection ends. The green band is our projection for the first generic: a month, never a day, because legal dates move and a generic reaches shelves days to weeks after it is allowed. Sources: FDA Orange Book; the expected month from court records and company announcements.

Evdi Patents and FDA Protections

Every patent and exclusivity the FDA Orange Book lists for Evdi’s own applications. A protection running past the expected month does not mean the date is wrong: a settlement or a court ruling can let a generic in before a patent ends, and a patent on one formulation or use does not block every generic.

The one that matters for a generic launch: patent 12,303,506, which ends in February 2043, the month the first generic is expected.

Patents listed with the FDA (1)
PatentWhat it coversProtects untilStatus
12,303,506 Sets the expected month of generic availability The product’s formulation February 2043 Active

Source: FDA Orange Book, application 220837. Patent numbers open the patent on Google Patents.

Who Is Lined Up to Make Generic Trabectedin

Three steps stand between a brand and a generic you can buy: a company applies to the FDA, the FDA approves it, and the company starts selling it.

1

Applied to the FDA

No company is recorded as having applied to the FDA to make a generic Evdi yet.

2

Approved by the FDA

Not yet. The FDA has not approved a generic trabectedin. Final approval often comes close to the day a generic can be sold.

3

For Sale in Pharmacies

Not yet. No company lists a generic trabectedin for sale with the FDA.

Sources: how many companies have applied, from court records and company announcements; approved generics from the FDA Orange Book; tentative approvals from Drugs@FDA; what is for sale from the FDA NDC Directory. The FDA does not disclose an application before it approves it (21 CFR 314.430).

Evdi Price: What Pharmacies Pay and What Generics Usually Do

What a Generic Could Cost

How we estimate it. The national survey of what pharmacies pay (NADAC) has no recent price for Evdi, so we cannot show dollars. Here is the FDA’s finding of how far the price pharmacies pay usually falls as generic companies join: about 31% with one company, 44% with two, 73% with four and over 95% with six or more (the typical drop for every drug whose first generic came out from 2015 to 2017).

Median prices pharmacies paid for the generic (invoice prices), compared with the brand’s price before generic entry, from FDA’s 2019 analysis “Generic Competition and Drug Prices”. At the manufacturer’s price FDA found steeper drops (about 39%, 54%, 79% and over 95%), the figures quoted elsewhere on this tracker. A typical pattern, not a price quote for this medicine.

Evdi Strengths and Forms

StrengthFormHow it is takenApprovedStatus
1MG/20ML (0.05MG/ML)SolutionIntravenousMay 2026Prescription reference product

Source: FDA Orange Book, Apotex Inc. Listed for sale today by Apotex Corp. (FDA NDC Directory).

Evdi NDC Codes and Packages

Each Evdi package sold today has its own NDC, the product number printed on the box and on the pharmacy label. Open one to see that package’s details, what pharmacies pay for it and its patent timeline.

Evdi packages (1)
NDCProductPackageCompany
60505-6423-00TRABECTEDIN .05 mg/mL injection, solution, concentratevial of 20 mLApotex Corp.

Source: the FDA NDC Directory, current listings only. Only packages sold under Evdi’s own FDA approval (NDA 220837) are listed, never a generic. Some codes belong to companies that repackage Evdi: it is the same medicine in a different package.

What a Generic Evdi Means for You

Nothing Changes Until It Is in Pharmacies

Until a generic is actually for sale, keep filling Evdi as usual. When one arrives, there is nothing you need to sign up for.

Your Pharmacy May Switch You Automatically

Every state lets pharmacists fill a brand-name prescription with an FDA-approved generic rated as equivalent to it, and about 19 states require them to, unless your prescriber writes “dispense as written” or “brand medically necessary” on the prescription. Some states ask the pharmacist to tell you, or to get your OK first. A study of every state’s law has the details.

It Will Probably Look Different

US trademark law does not let a generic look exactly like the brand, so the color, shape or markings usually change. The active ingredient, strength and form are the same. An “authorized generic,” made by or for the brand’s own company, can look identical. The FDA explains.

Your Insurance May Change Too

Once a lower-cost version is available, many insurance plans charge more for the brand, or stop covering it. Your plan’s drug list (formulary) says how.

Until a generic is on US pharmacy shelves, be careful with websites that offer “generic Evdi”. The FDA warns that unlicensed online pharmacies sell counterfeit and unapproved medicines; its BeSafeRx page shows how to check a pharmacy.

Questions people ask about Evdi

Is there a generic for Evdi right now?

No. As of October 9, 2026 no generic trabectedin is listed for sale in the FDA NDC Directory.

When will Evdi go generic?

February 2043 is the expected month, and that is toss-up but not certain. It is when Evdi’s patent 12,303,506 ends. That patent covers the product’s formulation, and once it ends, generics can go on sale as soon as the FDA approves them.

Will generic trabectedin be the same as Evdi?

Yes in the ways that matter: the same active ingredient, strength and form, with proof that it reaches your blood the same way. Inactive ingredients can differ, which is why some people notice a different look or taste.

How much will the generic cost?

Nobody can say for sure before launch. No company is recorded as having applied to the FDA to make one yet, and a single company usually brings only a modest drop.

Has the FDA approved a generic Evdi?

Not yet. The FDA Orange Book lists no approved generic version of Evdi.

When does the Evdi patent expire?

One patent is listed for Evdi in the FDA Orange Book; it runs to February 2043. The one behind the expected month is patent 12,303,506, which ends in February 2043. A patent date is not the launch date: settlements and court rulings often bring a generic earlier, and FDA approval or a company’s own plans can make it later. The expected month on this page (February 2043) weighs all of that.

Changes to This Projection

  • First generic expected February 2043 on this month’s schedule. A line is added here whenever a monthly update moves the month, the reason or how sure it is.

Every change to the expected month is logged here with the month we saw it.

Also Going Generic

All upcoming generics

About Evdi

Sources. The expected month: FDA Paragraph IV Patent Certifications list, federal court records, company announcements and securities filings (settlement dates, launch plans, sales). The record on this page: FDA Orange Book, Drugs@FDA (tentative approvals), FDA NDC Directory, FDA, Generic Competition and Drug Prices (2019). Updated October 9, 2026. Information, not medical advice.