An online register of global patent information for medicines that has just been launched by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and global brand body the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) for procurement purposes is tantamount to patent linkage, according to European off-patent industry association Medicines for Europe.
Following plans set out last year – after the WIPO and IFPMA signed a deal on the sidelines of the...