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Reckitt Benckiser has agreed to pay a $1.4 billion fine to settle a US investigation into the sales and marketing of opioid addiction treatment Suboxone film by its former prescriptions business. 12 July 2019
Americas
There has been a significant drop in the number of patents invalidated due to so-called Alice challenges since Federal Circuit rulings in Berkheimer v HP, and Aatrix Software v Green Shades Software, according to a new report. 11 July 2019
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit yesterday, July 10, handed victory to researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in a case involving a foetal testing patent. 11 July 2019
Americas
US authorities are seeking the extradition of a Chinese researcher from Switzerland for his part in a conspiracy to steal trade secrets from British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline. 10 July 2019
Big Pharma
The European Commission has pledged €35 million to promote the development of analysis of health images for cancer diagnostics, based on artificial intelligence. 10 July 2019
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A worldwide operation has dismantled 17 organised crime groups involved in the trafficking of counterfeit doping materials and medicines, Europol has announced. 9 July 2019
Americas
Hogan Lovells has boosted its IP, media and technology practice with the addition of two life sciences specialists from McDermott Will & Emery. 9 July 2019
Europe
The European Medicines Agency has ended a Brexit legal dispute over its Canary Wharf, London headquarters. 8 July 2019
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US-based biotechnology company Genentech, a subsidiary of Roche, has entered into a settlement agreement with Samsung Bioepis, ending all patent litigation between the two companies. 5 July 2019
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The UK Intellectual Property Office has today, July 5, opened a consultation into supplementary protection certificate law in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit. 5 July 2019