A Yellow Book for Medical Devices—A Proposal for Public Health

Key Points

• The goal is to advocate for a new patent database specifically for medical devices to enhance transparency and regulation.
• Proposing the creation of a Yellow Book for medical devices
• Drawing parallels between the current Orange Book for drugs and the proposed Yellow Book
• Discussing potential public health benefits of improved patent access
• Improved regulation of medical devices
• Enhanced Transparency for healthcare professionals and consumers
• Potentially increased innovation in the medical device sector