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Asia
Thailand’s government has suspended all patents for medical marijuana products, a little more than a month after the country’s parliament voted to approve marijuana for medical use and research. 29 January 2019
Americas
German pharmaceutical company Merck Group has granted US biotech firm Vertex a licence to two DNA-dependent protein kinases inhibitors. 28 January 2019
Asia
Indian pharmaceutical companies should be encouraged to grant compulsory licences and prices of some patented medicines should be capped, an Indian government panel has said. 28 January 2019
Americas
An appeals court has upheld a $23 million damages award for a spine surgeon, after a jury found that medical device company Medtronic had infringed two of his patents. 25 January 2019
Americas
The England and Wales High Court has ruled in favour of Sequenom and Illumina, after the companies asked the court to rule that they were entitled to receive confidential information in legal proceedings against three competitors without additional restriction. 24 January 2019
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has overturned a reduction in the patent term adjustment owned by Supernus Pharmaceuticals. 24 January 2019
Big Pharma
The Legal Committee of the European Parliament has voted in favour of the proposed supplementary protection certificate waiver. 24 January 2019
Asia-Pacific
The Federal Court of Australia has allowed an application for a cattle genome patent, following a legal battle. 23 January 2019
Biotechnology
The European Patent Office has revoked a patent held by a US biotechnology company, Pacific Biosciences, after its UK-based rival Oxford Nanopore Technologies challenged the validity of the patent. 23 January 2019
Asia-Pacific
South Korean pharmaceutical companies entered into 11 out-licensing deals with overseas partners in 2018, according to the country’s Ministry of Health and Welfare. 22 January 2019