tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377401824680246858.post921730040195814720..comments2024-03-05T15:49:16.751+00:00Comments on The SPC blog: patent term extension in Macau: even more informationroberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03575489215896576032noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377401824680246858.post-19004847844086877932012-02-02T18:47:30.400+00:002012-02-02T18:47:30.400+00:00"SPC 8 for atorvastatin has an expiry date 05..."SPC 8 for atorvastatin has an expiry date 05/10/2017 (10 years from the first MA date)"<br />Clearly not - the first MA date is stated in the SPC data as being 05/10/1997, which would make the expiry date 05/10/2007.<br />The priority date for the atorvastatin base patent was 21 July 1989, so the patent from which the extension was granted in Macao was filed sometime in July 1990, giving it an expiration in July 2010. An SPC of 7 years from the patent term would take the patent life to July 2017.<br />Quite how the expiry date of the SPC got to be 5 October, when the patent date would make it sometime in July, is unclear to me.Dereknoreply@blogger.com