Drugs patents

Patents International. IMSworld Drug Patents International database [66] provides access to the patent status of over 1200 molecules. The database contains information on patents due to expire (over a given time period), patents by therapy class, and patents by country. This product is commercially available in several formats. 

Gtiell, R.C. (1997), Haggling for a patent what a government would have to pay for prescription drug patents , Health Economics, 6, pp. 179-85. 

Figure 4.1 An overview of the life history of a successful drug. Patenting of the product is usually also undertaken, often during the initial stages of clinical trial work...

Thomas, J. R. 2001. HIV/AIDS Drugs, Patents, and the TRIPS Agreement Issues and Options. Congressional Research Service. 

If there is a listed drug that is the pharmaceutical equivalent of the drug proposed in the 505(b)(2) application, the 505(b)(2) applicant should provide patent certifications for the patents listed for the pharmaceutically equivalent drug. Patent certifications should specify the exact patent number(s) and the exact name of the listed drug or other drug even if all relevant patents have expired. 

Takagi T, Naito Y, Okuda T, Suzuki T, Mizushima K, Tsuboi H, Kajikawa H, Okayama T, Omatsu T, Hirata I, Ichikawa H, Handa O, Furukura S, Yoshida N, Yoshikawa T, Ueda H (2008) Drugs for local intestinal administration, and method for administration of drugs. Patent JP 2008/179569... 

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