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An essential patent reference tool to analyze the impact of patent expiry and identify drugs that are vulnerable to generics competition.

Use Patent Focus to identify:
*Estimated expiry dates for competitor drugs
* Where supplementary protection certificates or other extensions have been applied for or granted
* Commercially significant patents where companies apply for extensions including formulation or process patents
* Where patent applications have been filed for drugs in R&D
* Likely candidates for further patent investigation

Key Information:
* Over 32 fields to fully evaluate pharmaceutical patent
families
* Over 3,000 patent families with CAS numbers
* Over 115,000 patent records worldwide
* Over 14,000 records of biotechnology mode of action
* Patent expiry dates and priority details as well as SPC’s, Japanese and USA extensions
* Patent and application numbers
* Structures available
* Flexibility to select by molecule, trade name, chemical name or CAS number
* Individual country comments
* Effect of GATT laws on patents
* Updated monthly

Product Description	Updated	Access	Status	Platform
IMS Patent Focus	Monthly	Internet	Released	Ovid

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