Editing Sertraline (section)

==Society and culture==

===Generic availability===
The US patent for Zoloft expired in 2006,<ref>{{cite web|url = https://money.cnn.com/2006/07/17/news/companies/pfizer/index.htm|access-date = 27 January 2007|title = Pfizer needs more drugs| vauthors = Smith A |date = 17 July 2006|publisher = CNN }}</ref> and sertraline is available in [[generic drug|generic]] form and is marketed under many brand names worldwide.<ref name=Brand2015>{{cite web |url=https://www.drugs.com/international/sertraline.html |website=Drugs.com |title=Sertraline international |access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref>

=== Brand names ===
In the US, Zoloft is marketed by [[Viatris]] after Upjohn was spun off from Pfizer.<ref>{{cite web | title=Pfizer Completes Transaction to Combine Its Upjohn Business with Mylan | publisher=Pfizer | via=Business Wire | date=16 November 2020 | url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201116005378/en/ | access-date=17 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Zoloft | website=Pfizer | url=https://www.pfizer.com/products/product-detail/zoloft | access-date=17 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Brands | website=Viatris | date=16 November 2020 | url=https://www.viatris.com/en/products/brands | access-date=17 June 2024}}</ref>

===Interest during COVID-19 pandemic===
Sertraline has been the most sought-after antidepressant worldwide before, during, and after the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], according to [[Google Trends]] data. The pandemic has led to an increase in searches for antidepressants, with sertraline, [[fluoxetine]], [[duloxetine]], and [[venlafaxine]] showing the highest search volumes, whereas searches of [[citalopram]] decreased during the pandemic.<ref name="pmid37731683">{{cite journal |vauthors=Erdoğan Kaya A, Oğur NB |title=The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Interest in Antidepressants: An Analysis of Worldwide Internet Searches With Google Trends Data |journal=Cureus |volume=15 |issue=9 |pages=e45558 |date=September 2023 |pmid=37731683 |pmc=10508353 |doi=10.7759/cureus.45558 |doi-access=free |url=}}</ref>