Patent Information Users Group, Inc.

Amina Maillard
Medicines Patent Pool

September 15, 2020
10:00am EST | 4:00pm CET

Zoom Registration: https://tinyurl.com/webinarseptember15
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email
containing information about joining the meeting.  

Note: A webinar recording is available at the Infojustice website and Youtube (56:47).

MedsPaL is the Medicines Patent Pool’s patents and licenses database, a free resource provides information on the intellectual property status of selected patent essential medicines in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The database includes patent and licensing data covering over 8,500 national patent applications on 110 priority medicines (220 formulations) in more than 130 LMICs. In March 2020, it was expanded to provide patent information on treatments currently being tested for COVID-19.

MedsPaL: www.medspal.org

Amina Maillard joined the Medicines Patent Pool in September 2018 as Patent Information Manager. Part of the Policy and Advocacy team, she manages our Patents and Licenses Database MedsPaL and performs patent searches and analyses.

This webinar is hosted by the FTA-Medicines-Empirics Network, an informal group formed at the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest in 2018. Its goal is to advance the empirical study of the impact of TRIPS-Plus Free Trade Agreements (and FTA provisions) on access to pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and diagnostics. To join the email list, visit tinyurl.com/fme-subscribe  

 https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/pijip/events/overview-of-the-medspal-database/?_ga=2.156109499.1060094101.1599881546-1071698133.1599881546

(Hosted by The Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP)), Washington College of Law of  American University (Washington, DC))

About MedsPaL

MedsPaL provides information on the patent and licensing status of selected HIV, hepatitis C, tuberculosis and other patented essential medicines in low- and middle-income countries. For more detailed and up-to-date information on a given patent application, MedsPaL users are encouraged to contact the national patent office or consult legal counsel.

(access to a searchable  and downloadable database [to download all content, add all columns first) https://www.medspal.org/?page=1

 Q&A on MedsPaL  https://medicinespatentpool.org/what-we-do/medspal/

A background articles about MedPals:

Nightingale, A. 2016. New MedsPaL Database: Enhancing Transparency In The Patent Field. Intellectual Property Watch, Oct, 7, 2016.

Additional info:

Below are examples of patent application and publication numbers from MedsPaL for some of countries, normally not available in other public or commercial databases, with indication if PCT application data is available. MedsPaL has been sourced such data from multiple sources, some of them beyond the conventional patent searcher's tools (See  Q5 at MedsPaL Q&A)

Update 9/15/2020 1:40 PM : A table below has been extended by publication numbers and indication of use of.PCT filing.

Update 9/25/2020 2:40 PM An 2016 article about MedsPal database history has been added.