Pfizer and GSK deal to paralyze gilead sales

Today's top story Pfizer and GSK pooling up for AIDS and HIV drugs, In this new venture GSk will have 85% stake and Pfizer 15% and will have 11 marketed drugs in its goodie bag including GSK top-sellers Combivir and Epzicom which together generated sales of 1.6 billion pounds ($2.4 billion) in 2008, it also includes six new medicines, of which four are in mid of Phase II development.

this risk sharing partnership will foster pfizer's new drug such as Selzentry entry while filling up GSK older patent portfolio and later pfizer's benefit's from GSK overall global HIV/AIDS market distribution.

The new company will hold nearly fifth of market against HIV/AIDS treatment. This is a clear threat to Gilead which should rather focus in new development and expansion of it's HIV/AIDS portfolio in future to maintain its present market cap of $40 billion.

Today Gilead's profit pills combined sales in $4 Billion but Gilead should straterzise its future in a careful way to upbeat the new alliance.

Different means to get the chemical structure of a compound

Recently I was discussing with my friends and colleagues that what are different means to get the chemical structure of a compound searched using various data bases specially in those cases where we don’t know the molecular formula or substructure or CAS number of a chemical compound. We can’t get them in STN or SciFinder. I mean if we only knows a code for such a compound for e.g. YH008 etc then how will we reach the structure? What will be search strategy? Is there any particular software for the same? The code may be for a pharmaceutically useful chemical moiety and some time we require it to give freedom to operate opinion etc.

The following could be a strategy; we should first start with goggling around to get some more information about the molecule and also collect what other information we have in hand.

It is unlikely that the code would be used in a patent application. Our best bet for finding a compound by a code is to search the chemical literature, the medicinal chemical literature, as well as meeting and conference proceedings. PubMed is a good place to start, then some of the databases available on STN. The scientists involved with the research have probably published.
The chance of presenting in any seminar or making a patent under the code also seen. Though we are not always getting the details about the product through patent or journal search at least we can get some reference which will help to get the structure. Also take advantage of any other information that you have, such as the company involved, and the names of any researchers.

Inventors can use the lab code for compound. Code may be company’s internal code. Usually such coding is given when the research molecule is still under investigation; say for instance if it is in CLINICAL TRIALS.


Apart from CAS you we may also try following European databases: European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances European List of Notified Chemical Substances The code structure is XXX-XXX-X.
If after all the efforts, the search results are negative in all three above we can say that the number, like YH008 might is the coding used by a single company to identify their internal intermediate or final product. In this case the structure is usually not public domain. There may be some companies involved in producing various database tools. Those companies could also help.

Your views are invited…………

Indian Patent Agent need Identity Card

As per the Indian Patent Office notice, 15 April is last date to submit two recent size photographs with an application to issue a photo ID card for all Indian Patent Agents. Then onwards only agents with valid ID card would enter the Patent Office premises. In case, Indian Patent Agent sends his repersentative for submitting some documents at Patent office then he has to bring an authorised ID card signed by patent agent with a photocopy of Identity Card.

Intellectual Property Sensitization in India

Recently i got a chance to attended a seminar on intellectual property sensitization programme in India and i was amazed to know the growth achieved by Indian Patent Office in number patent application filing, though large part was due to national phase application filing.

I was listing to Mr. Kurian, the Controller General of Patent and Trademarks (India). He was addressing to Indian IP Intellectuals and scientist from various streams. He revealed that approximately thirty five thousand patent applications were filed last year and out of which eighty percent were from outside, means national phase applications and remaining were from India. He had also claimed that fifteen thousands patents were granted last year. He also shared that around 64 patent oppositions cases (before grant) were also filed in India. This is really a very good news for IP community world wide and i believe that the number patent opposition will grow in future. Its was also proposed from IP community that Indian Patent Office should start work on an idea of establishing an innovation museum.

Newly appointed Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks Mr PH Kurian

We hope that appointment of Mr. PH Kurian will definetly bring some good administrative changes and make the Indian Patent Office more efficent in delivering results. He may not have much expereince in handling complex IP matters but we are sure that he will be good administrator.

Another mile stone for Delhi Patent Office.

Another mile stone for Delhi Patent Office. Patent office has started punching system. Now onwards, if you wants to meet an examiner or have some other work, you need to punch your card to get into the main building. This system will help office to keep a check on people. The cards has a specific number assigned to visitor. We expect more development at Delhi Patent Office in coming future.

This time patent agent exam has been delayed by Indian Patent Office But finally they are going to take in December 2008.
I have heard saying one of the controller that they had a lot of pressure to conduct this examination. The Controller also said that they may restrict conducting this exam onces in a year only from 2009 onwards.