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Big Pharma
Multinational pharmaceutical company Sanofi has entered into a licensing agreement with Paris-based biopharmaceutical company Biomunex. 15 January 2019
Americas
US-based Amerigen Pharmaceuticals has lost in its bid to prove that claims in a patent owned by biopharmaceutical company UCB were covered by a prior invention. 14 January 2019
Medtech
A New York-based plastic surgery clinic has taken legal action against two former employees and a rival clinic for copyright infringement, trademark counterfeiting and dilution, and cybersquatting. 11 January 2019
Big Pharma
The number of international investors in life sciences start-ups in the Catalonia region in Spain has multiplied by ten in the last five years, according to a new report. 10 January 2019
Americas
The US Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal against a ruling that American pharmaceutical firm Merck & Co cannot collect $200 million in damages due to its misconduct during a trial. 10 January 2019
Americas
Gilead Sciences, a biopharmaceutical company based in the US, has entered into a licensing and collaboration agreement with South Korean healthcare company Yuhan. 10 January 2019
Biotechnology
US-based Locus Biosciences has announced it will license its CRISPR-Cas3 technology to Janssen, a subsidiary of American pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson, in a deal worth a potential $818 million. 9 January 2019
Americas
Los Angeles-based law firm Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht has hired two partners to its New York office. 9 January 2019
Big Pharma
The UK government has published further guidance on the regulation of medicines, medical devices and clinical trials in the event of a no-deal Brexit. 8 January 2019
Asia
The Supreme Court of India has ruled that biotechnology company Monsanto’s patent for genetically modified cotton seeds is valid and enforceable in the country. 8 January 2019