Page "Methadone" Paragraph 126

It was only in 1947 that the drug was given the generic name “ methadone ” by the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry of the American Medical Association ( COUNCIL ... 1947 ).

Since the patent rights of the I. G.

Farbenkonzern and Farbwerke Hoechst were no longer protected each pharmaceutical company interested in the formula could buy the rights for commercial production of methadone for just one dollar ( MOLL 1990 ).