The Pastors Report 2014: now published

The SPC Blog is once again delighted to inform readers that our good friend Alice de Pastors has produced yet another of her excellent reports: SPC News 28 – September 2014 is now available to read here or to download here.  As usual, it's full of information which includes statistics on SPC applications in Europe between 1991 and December 2013.  A sample table is shown above.

Alice adds that it also notes discrepancies in SPC protection in European countries which are due to differences in interpretation of the EC Regulation and/or in policy as between national patent offices.

Thanks, Alice! Your efforts are much appreciated.

Facts and figures

Alice de Pastors has produced a series of informative newsletters on SPCs, of which the latest -- SPC News 25 (March 2011): LATEST NEWS ON MEDICINAL PRODUCT SPCs IN EUROPE -- has just been released. There's lots of data on SPC grants, with some handsome diagrams too.

Data listed in this issue are found under the following headings:

• Medicinal Product SPCs filed from 1991 to 2010
• Medicinal Product SPCs filed in 2010
• SPCs in Europe relating to valsartan
• Recent national or European decisions affecting SPCs for valsartan or valsartan combinations
• Paediatric SPC extensions

If you want a copy, just email Alice here.