E-DRUG: Patents

E-drug: Patents
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We are conducting a study on the "effects of the GATT/TRIPs
agreements on the pharmaceutical sector in North Africa (Egypt,
Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco)". We have to deal with the Intellectual
Property Rights issue and the problem of patency.

Does any e-drugger know:

a) how to identify whether a drug is still patented or not?
b) Is there any reliable database on that matter (with easy access)?

If any body has any relevant information please let me know.
Thank you for your help,

Miloud KADDAR
mkaddar@wanadoo.fr
17 Villa des Bruyeres
94800 Villejuif
France
tel 331 46 78 07 67
fax 331 45 25 73 67
e-mail: mkaddar@wanadoo.fr

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