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Biotechnology
The European Patent Office has issued a new CRISPR/Cas9 patent to inventor Emmanuelle Charpentier, one of the key figures in the CRISPR landscape. 4 April 2019
Biotechnology
The English High Court will hear a patent dispute between a subsidiary of biopharmaceutical company Sanofi and British-Dutch consumer goods brand Unilever. 3 April 2019
Biotechnology
European Patent Office president António Campinos will refer a recent decision on the patentability of exclusively obtained by essentially biological processes to the office’s Enlarged Board of Appeal. 2 April 2019
Big Pharma
Biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has entered into an agreement with Japanese pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo to develop and commercialise trastuzumab deruxtecan, a potential new medicine for cancer treatment. 2 April 2019
Big Pharma
Pharmaceutical company Impax Laboratories engaged in illegal pay-for-delay settlements to stop a generic version of one of its medications from entering the market, the US Federal Trade Commission has ruled. 1 April 2019
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit yesterday, March 28, overturned a district court decision and handed a victory to pharmaceutical companies Endo and Mallinckrodt. 29 March 2019
Big Pharma
The UK Supreme Court’s decision in Actavis v Eli Lilly confirms that a multi-factorial judgement should be used to determine whether an invention is obvious or not, lawyers have told WIPR. 28 March 2019
Biotechnology
Cancer Research UK has formed a multimillion-pound drug discovery alliance with fellow charity LifeArc and Japanese company Ono Pharmaceutical. 28 March 2019
Big Pharma
The UK Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Actavis (which has been acquired by Teva) and Mylan in a patent dispute against Eli Lilly, after an earlier court found that one of Eli Lilly’s patents was invalid for lacking an inventive step. 27 March 2019
Americas
Stanford University has accused genetic testing company Natera of infringing two patents that cover a non-invasive method of testing if transplanted organs are being rejected. 27 March 2019