# E-DRUG: Information on drug licenses **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [March 12, 1998, 4:57pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-information-on-drug-licenses/2285 "1998-03-12T16:57:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pierchir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@pierchir](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/pierchir)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 1998, 4:57pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-information-on-drug-licenses/2285/1 "1998-03-12T16:57:43Z")
E-drug: Information on drug licenses --------------------------------------------- Dear E-druggers, I am a pharmacist, working with La revue Prescrire and other French organizations (Pimed, Medecins sans Frontieres, and Centre International de l'Enfance et de la Famille). As part of my work I try to determine the impact of the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement on drug prices. This agreement is important for the world drug situation in many ways, one of them being that countries will have to recognize drug licenses from others. This may have important implications for prices of new drugs in those developing countries where local copies of patented drugs are manufactured and consumed. I am looking for a database of all drug licenses (date of issue and expiration, by country). The orbit/questel database appears to be the main source of information on this, but this website is commercial and rather expensive. Does anyone know other (free) information sources? Thank you for your advise. Pierre Chirac Pharmacist France -- Send mail for the `E-Drug' conference to `e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'. Mail administrative requests to `majordomo@usa.healthnet.org'. For additional assistance, send mail to: `owner-e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'.