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Americas
US-based pharmaceutical company Pfizer today reported an increase in year-on-year revenue for the second quarter but projected nearly a $2 billion loss in 2018 due to patent expirations. 31 July 2018
Big Pharma
IP service provider Questel has acquired France-based Expernova, a company specialising in scientific big data. 30 July 2018
Americas
Sandoz has agreed to postpone its generic version of a cataract surgery drug made by biopharmaceutical company Omeros, ending a patent infringement lawsuit between the two in Delaware. 30 July 2018
Biotechnology
A ruling handed down last week by the Court of Justice of the European Union could stifle innovation in the gene-editing field, causing Europe to lag behind the rest of the world, commentators say. 30 July 2018
Americas
Vanessa Yen has joined King & Spalding's trial and global disputes practice group as a partner after leaving Paul Hastings. 30 July 2018
Americas
Actor Clint Eastwood has gone to war against a medical company which he claims took patents covering an antioxidant from an inventor. 27 July 2018
Americas
GSK revealed its new approach to research and development earlier this week, including a partnership with DNA testing company 23andMe. 27 July 2018
Biotechnology
Genome-editing techniques, including CRISPR/Cas9, will be subject to more stringent regulations after a ruling from Europe’s highest court yesterday. 26 July 2018
Asia
In India, a non-profit organisation and an advocacy group have united to take on a patent covering pibrentasvir, part of the drug combination that forms AbbVie’s hepatitis C product Mavyret. 26 July 2018
Big Pharma
Earlier today, the Court of Justice of the European Union clarified when a product is ‘protected by a basic patent’ within the meaning of article 3(a) of the SPC regulation. 25 July 2018