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Americas
Biopharmaceutical company Shire has completed the $32 billion takeover of US-based Baxalta 11 January 2016
Europe
US-based gene sequencing company Illumina has claimed that The Doctors Laboratory’s use of the Harmony prenatal test provided by Ariosa Diagnostics infringes its patent. 8 January 2016
Americas
Enzo Biochem has agreed a $9 million settlement with Agilent Technologies in a patent infringement lawsuit centring on technology used in detecting nucleic acid. 7 January 2016
Americas
A US district court has ordered a stay in a patent infringement case between Jawbone and Fitbit as the International Trade Commission is due to issue its ruling on another case centring on the same patents. 6 January 2016
Americas
Biopharmaceutical company Celgene and India-based rival Natco Pharma have settled a lawsuit centring on the alleged infringement of a number patents covering the Revlimid drug. 5 January 2016
Americas
Biopharmaceutical company Suven Life Sciences has been granted three product patents for the non-chemical entities for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s. 5 January 2016
Big Pharma
UK law firm Potter Clarkson has elected Michael Pears as partner in the firm’s biotechnology and pharmaceuticals department. 5 January 2016
Asia
Roche has settled its patent litigation dispute with India-based Glenmark Pharmaceuticals centring on cancer drug Tarceva. 4 January 2016
Big Pharma
Germany-based healthcare company Bayer HealthCare has sued Mylan Pharmaceuticals over the alleged infringement of five of its patents. 22 December 2015
Big Pharma
India-based life sciences company Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has confirmed that it has ended its patent dispute with Forest Laboratories. 21 December 2015