By Vladislav Ugryumov* — On March 1, 2021, the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) launched the EAPO Pharmaceutical Register (the ‘Register’). The Register lists Eurasian patents that relate to the active pharmaceutical ingredients of the drugs according to their International Non-proprietary Names (INN). The Register resides on the EAPO web site. It is currently available in Russian and the English version is expected soon. The Register does not implement a patent linkage system that would prevent a generic drug from getting Marketing Authorization before expiry of the originator’s patents. The Register was launched to facilitate locating Eurasian pharmaceutical patents that have…
