The TRIPS Flexibilities Database
The TRIPS Flexibilities Database contains instances when authorities have invoked, planned to invoke, or have been asked to invoke a TRIPS flexibility for public health reasons, in particular to assure access to medicines. The database tracks instances from 2001, the year in which the World Trade Organization adopted the Doha Declaration. It includes cases from low, middle, and high-income countries, and incorporates instances that are both executed and instances that are, pending, not executed or suspended.
It is a useful resource demonstrating that these flexibilities have been widely used to access medicines.
Research based on the database
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Other useful databases
MedsPaL Patent and Licensing Database
MedsPaL provides information on the patent and licensing status of selected HIV, hepatitis C and tuberculosis medicines in low- and middle-income countries. It is a project of the Medicines Patent Pool.
Patent Opposition Database
A project of the Médecins Sans Frontières Access Campaign, this is a tool that supports those interested in filing patent oppositions or wishing to learn where oppositions have been filed.
Database on Flexibilities in the Intellectual Property System
Maintained by WIPO, this database collects instances of IP flexibilities being implemented into national laws.