Category Archives: Drugs

New Drug Patent Resource from the Lawyers Collective (India)

The Lawyers Collective, a public service interest group in India, has compiled a searchable drug patent status information database for key medicines. The list currently includes about twenty drugs containing information from the following sources. U.S. Food & Drug Administration … Continue reading

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Pfizer`s Viagra Patent Invalidated Due to Failure to Disclose

The Supreme Court of Canada has invalidate Pfizer’s Canadian patent on Viagra, citing the drug-maker’s failure to disclose essential information about the main ingredient, sildenafil citrate, in the original application, which was filed in 1994 and granted in 1998. (CA … Continue reading

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