About
The company behind MPA Search
MPA Business Services Limited provides pharmaceutical patent, supplementary protection certificate (SPC), pricing and licensing intelligence to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. Clients use it to know when a product’s exclusivity ends, to assess sourcing and launch opportunities, to see who holds which licences, and to compare the published list prices of medicines across European markets.
The data is delivered through MPA Search, a subscription web application, and backed by people who help interpret it. If you knew MPA Search at mpasearch.co.uk, this is the same business: in 2026 the service moved to a new platform at app.mpa-search.com, rebuilt from the ground up.
- 1973
- Pharmaceutical intelligence since
- 32
- countries covered for patents and SPCs
- 250+
- companies and organisations served
- 6
- datasets, searchable together
Why the data can be trusted
Good information improves the quality of decision-making and reduces risk, and the quality of data depends on the quality of its sources.
Official sources
The national and European patent and SPC registers, the national licensing authorities, European Medicines Agency publications and first-authorisation records, taken from the source and cleaned.
Traceable
Every record in MPA Search keeps its reference number, so it can be traced back to the register it came from and checked.
Kept current
The registers change every week: new SPCs, lapses, revocations, licences, price updates. The data is maintained continuously, not refreshed once a year.
What we do
MPA Search
The subscription platform: patents and SPCs, first EU marketing authorisations, product licences, parallel import licences, medicine prices and NHS prescribing data, searchable together.
More about thisExpert support, included
Since 1973 MPA has lent its experience to clients: insightful, commercially practical guidance on what the data means for your enquiry, at no extra charge.
More about thisAnalysis across the datasets
Patents with licences, exclusivity dates with demand and prices: MPA works across the datasets to answer the commercial questions clients bring.
More about this
See data & services for the detail.
Our clients
MPA has worked with more than 250 companies and organisations across the pharmaceutical, generics, patent and healthcare sectors.
- Originator and generic manufacturers
- Parallel traders
- Wholesalers and distributors
- Patent lawyers and licensing teams
- Business development, brand and portfolio managers
- Trade associations and government bodies
An invaluable component of our marketing and corporate decision-making strategic planning processes.
Since
1973
The business has provided pharmaceutical data and intelligence continuously for more than fifty years.
1973
The MPA consultancy is established by Martin Paltnoi, an economist and statistician whose pharmaceutical market research career began with the team that set up the first IMS audits.
Mid-1970s
MPA begins supplying patent intelligence to the industry; Martin becomes an acknowledged expert in the provision and interpretation of pharmaceutical patent intelligence, advising research-based and generic companies alike.
Online
MPA Search goes online at mpasearch.co.uk, putting the patent, SPC and licensing data in front of subscribers directly.
2026
The service moves to a new platform at app.mpa-search.com, rebuilt from the ground up, with pricing and European licensing data added.
MPA Business Services Limited
Elstree Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood WD6 1JG, United Kingdom · Registered in England and Wales, company number 10338502
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