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Medicines Patent Expiry dB Subscription

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01/ The notice

Key facts

Value: £35,000Estimated value stated in the notice
Deadline (UK time): Thu 1 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMTA deadline does not apply to this historical notice. The source records Thu 1 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT, which is not an open deadline.
Published: 18 Jan 2023
Region: North East, North West, Yorkshire and The Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West

02/ The brief

What the notice says

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The Medicines Value Team (MVT) and the Commercial Medicines Unit (CMU) have a strong commercial interest in accurate and timely patent expiry information and are looking to procure an information source/database access subscription which will help identify patent expiry opportunities which can then integrate into work planning and delivery to drive further value for the NHS. This is important as patent expiry is associated with significant savings due to the end of the exclusivity period for an innovative product which generates competition that typically leads to a reduction in price in the UK of these equivalent "follow on" medicines of between 70-90% compared with the originator product. Securing comprehensive patent information is challenging and we do not currently have this information in-house.

The EOI for the 8c fixed term has now closed and interviews are next week while the other perm 8c is due to start Dec 22.

03/ Classification

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.

85100000
85000000

04/ History

Releases of this notice

One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

18 Jan 2023
Contract notice
Contract notice published 18 January 2023.
Release f5c0e39b-e0b0-4e4e-8f12-83744b4cd18f
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05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

Only one release is held, so there is no change history.

06/ Questions

About this notice

NHS England published this notice.

Estimated value stated in the notice: £35,000.

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