KFDA opens patent information Web site for 70 blockbuster medicines

The Korea Food and Drug Administration said on March 25 that it has introduced a drug patent information Web site (www.medipatent.kfda.go.kr) “Informetics” for domestic pharmaceutical firms to facilitate efforts of their generic drugs development.

The Informatics contains a variety of patent information over 70 blockbuster drugs (e.g., Glivec, Viagra, Xenical) in terms of output and import v...