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Americas
ACI’s 17th Global Summit on Life Sciences Patents returns to New York on May 15-17, 2019, to provide practical insights on how to maximise your patent term and develop strategies to enhance protections for your patent portfolio. 9 May 2019
Asia
The 11th annual ChinaBio Partnering Forum global life science partnering event, which will be held on May 8 and 9 in Shanghai, China, is expected to attract more than 1,400 executives from 500-plus life sciences companies spanning an estimated 25 countries. 7 May 2019
Biotechnology
The 13th annual BIO-Europe Spring 2019 global life science partnering event will be held March 25–27 in Vienna, Austria. Guadalupe Rodriguez and Kit Muller of EBD Group report. 12 March 2019
Europe
The development of precision treatments must be complemented by the development of precision diagnostics, as Daniel Lim of Kirkland & Ellis explains. 14 February 2019
Biotechnology
SPCs and trade secrets are just two issues set to be discussed at C5’s 11th Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation, on February 26 and 27 in Amsterdam. LSIPR reports. 13 December 2018
Americas
The political influence on patent rights during Brazil’s general election in October has set a worrying precedent, writes Gabriel Di Blasi of Di Blasi Parente & Associados. 13 December 2018
Americas
Hector Chagoya and Mariana Gonzalez-Vargas of Becerril, Coca & Becerril examine how Mexico applies the Budapest Treaty, which covers microorganisms in the patent process. 29 November 2018
Big Pharma
In November, the UK Supreme Court ruled that Warner-Lambert’s patent for a second medical use of pregabalin for the treatment of pain is invalid for insufficiency of disclosure. Sheena Linehan of Potter Clarkson explores the lessons for patent drafting. 28 November 2018
Americas
A new facet of Mexico’s linkage system between patents and pharmaceutical drugs raises several questions that necessitate a careful approach from patent assignees and agents, as Mariana Gonzalez-Vargas of Becerril, Coca & Becerril reports. 12 November 2018
Americas
With several major drugs set to face generic or biosimilar competition as patent protection expires, LSIPR analyses how well prepared their manufacturers are and how badly their sales may be affected. 26 October 2018