The cornerstone of strategic global sourcing

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Promote superior, earlier decisions

Newport Vision Sourcing™ is an expert competitive intelligence system for innovator, niche brand, and specialty pharmaceutical companies.

Powered by unique early intelligence and analysis available only from Thomson, the industry authority on global API development activities, Newport Vision Sourcing contains detailed profiles of over 10,000 active ingredients, 18,000 corporate groups and 3,500 API production sites worldwide.

• Identify alternative, potentially lower-cost sources of API supply for existing products 
• Determine potential suppliers for new products based on specific technical and manufacturing capabilities and past history
• Assess generic competition and identify potential suppliers to generic companies
• Monitor patenting activities of API manufacturers worldwide
• Investigate products and analyze patent, exclusivity and regulatory information

Powerful, integrated global information

• Unique early API development intelligence and competitive forecasts
• Coverage of over 10,000 active pharmaceutical ingredients
• Worldwide patent families and patents by country filed by innovators, API manufacturers, and generic companies together with US and European exclusivities
• US and Japanese Drug Master File, Orange Book and European Certificate of Suitability data
• Comprehensive Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) data for Europe*
• Chemical structures and potential routes of synthesis
• Profiles of 18,000 corporate groups and 3,500 API facilities including detailed manufacturing capabilities for an increasing number of producers

Further information

Click here to download the Newport Vision Sourcing fact sheet