Overview
- The joint IMPI–COFEPRIS portal, unveiled Monday by Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, is live to the public and free to use.
- Users can check whether a pharma or health-related patent is still valid, see who owns it, and view the sanitary registrations tied to that patent.
- Health Secretary David Kershenobich said the platform will guide upcoming government tenders for medical supplies and help expand access to treatments.
- Officials framed the portal as a transparency and efficiency step that supports legal certainty across a sector COFEPRIS regulates equal to 10%–14% of Mexico’s GDP.
- Industry groups AFAMELA and AMIIF welcomed the launch, which authorities cast as the first step in a broader plan to modernize rules, speed R&D, and strengthen exports.