New online database for patent expiry dates in low- and middle-income countries

29 November 2016. Related: Treatment access, On the web.

Simon Collins, HIV i-Base

The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) have launched a new online database about patent and license information for HIV, HCV and TB drugs.

The information in MedsPaL has been compiled from a large number of patent offices and other public sources of information. It enables a general understanding of the intellectual property status of over 100 formulations in low- and middle-income countries.

MPP are keen to get feedback on the new resource and the site also allows this.

MedsPaL is available at:
http://www.medspal.org

Reference:

MPP press release. The Medicines Patent Pool Announces MedsPaL: Its New Medicines Patents & Licences Database. (5 October 2016).
http://www.medicinespatentpool.org/the-medicines-patent-pool-announces-medspal-its-new-medicines-patents-licences-database-2