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Aliki Nichogiannopoulou, director of biotechnology at the European Patent Office, outlined best practices for patenting antibodies at the office while speaking at the 25th C5 Congress on Biotech and Pharma Patenting in London on Wednesday. 4 December 2013
Americas
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has expanded its IP group and hired Grace Pan as partner. 3 December 2013
Big Pharma
Novartis Pharmaceuticals has filed a lawsuit against US drug manufacturer Roxane Laboratories disputing an application for a schizophrenia drug. 3 December 2013
Asia-Pacific
Takeda has announced that Christophe Weber, a member of GlaxoSmithKline’s global corporate executive team, will be joining the company as chief operating officer by April next year. 2 December 2013
Asia
US investment firm KKR has bought a stake in Indian pharmaceutical company Gland Pharma for approximately $200 million. 29 November 2013
Americas
The US government has said it is now advocating a “differential” approach to policies on patenting drugs as part of continuing trade negotiations with Pacific countries. 29 November 2013
Americas
Genetic diagnostics company Invitae Corporation has requested declaratory judgment at the US District Court for the Northern District of California that it does not infringe 11 patents owned or exclusively licensed to Myriad Genetics. 28 November 2013
Asia
India is considering altering its requirements for filing drug patents in a bid to create more transparency in the pharmaceutical market, it has been claimed. 27 November 2013
Americas
Medical company Scion Biomedical Inc has launched a lawsuit accusing a senior employee of breaching trade secrets to file a patent for her new start-up company. 26 November 2013
Asia
The IPAB has revoked US probiotic dietary supplement maker Kibow Biotech’s Indian patent covering a formulation used to increase kidney function. 26 November 2013