The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) are teaming up to provide a database to the pubic that links marketed drugs to issued patent. Twenty leading global research-based biopharmaceutical companies, including founders Novartis, GSK, Pfizer and Merck KGaA have already agreed to participate.

More information about Pat-INFORMED can be found in the recent WIPO press release here.