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Americas
Allergan has filed a complaint against cosmetics companies Dermavita and Dima and PR company KBC Media for trademark infringement and false advertising. 7 April 2017
Americas
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and European Commission have cleared the merger of generic pesticide producer China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina) and crop business Syngenta. 6 April 2017
Americas
Law firm Michael Best has opened a new office in Raleigh, North Carolina, where the chair of its life sciences industry group Lisa Mueller will serve as office managing partner. 6 April 2017
Americas
Law firm Schiff Hardin has hired a new partner to its global generic pharmaceuticals practice. 5 April 2017
Americas
The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System and cancer research company Gensetix have filed a patent complaint against Baylor College of Medicine, Diakonos Research and an inventor called William Decker. 5 April 2017
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed rulings by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that two of Novartis’s patents are obvious. 5 April 2017
Big Pharma
A five-year dispute between Eli Lilly and Actavis over a cancer drug is being heard today at the UK Supreme Court. 4 April 2017
Americas
A man based in New Jersey has been charged in connection with a scheme to smuggle misbranded drugs into the US. 4 April 2017
Americas
AbbVie has filed a declaratory judgment against Novartis, alleging that its patents covering the treatment of hepatitis C virus are invalid. 3 April 2017
Americas
A Delaware district court has invalidated four patents owned by Acorda Therapeutics after the company and Alkermes Pharma Ireland alleged that Apotex, Mylan, Roxane Laboratories and Teva infringed them. 3 April 2017