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Generics
Judge says Bayer racked up high costs ‘in pursuit of vague point of principle’ | Teva and others wanted presentation slides as part of patent invalidity suit. 9 January 2024
Big Pharma
Generics companies have often inveighed against the “arbitrary and capricious” rule | Judicial immunity granted to Vidal’s decisions at odds with Congress and SCOTUS precedent, say generics and big tech. 9 January 2024
Big Pharma
Dispute hinges on clauses set out in decade-old settlement and licensing agreement | Federal Circuit unpersuaded by arguments suggesting that a federal court erred in denying a preliminary injunction. 4 January 2024
Americas
California-based drugmaker lost Hatch-Waxman Act case after judge ruled it had failed to show patent infringement | Corcept CEO ‘confident’ decision will be reversed on appeal. 4 January 2024
Big Pharma
District judge ruled in favour of Regeneron confirming patent infringement by Mylan | Court recognised Mylan's success in challenging the validity of certain patents | Ruling happened while Regeneron filed a separate case against another competitor alleging the infringement of 51 patents. 2 January 2024
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Managing partner oversees a varied range of global patent portfolios, often acting as the ‘in-house’ attorney for multinational clients. 2 January 2024
Big Pharma
CureVac suffers a blow following a favourable earlier opinion delivered by the German Federal Patent Court | Decision invalidates a patent related to mRNA tech. 21 December 2023
Biotechnology
Medical device company wins eight-day jury trial in spinal implant patent dispute | Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon claimed Globus Medical directly infringed multiple patents in US | Susman Godfrey | Fish & Richardson. 19 December 2023
Big Pharma
The Biden administration’s proposals target price gouging triggers resistance | The move, which includes the consideration of march-in rights for taxpayer-funded drugs, may ‘jeopardise collaborative partnerships and hinder innovation. 19 December 2023
Biotechnology
Biotech firm agrees licence deal days after its gene editing treatment gets landmark FDA approval | Patents owned by the Broad Institute protect technology sold via Editas Medicines. 14 December 2023