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Asia
International damage may result from India’s steps to formalise its isolationist patents regime, says Jason Rutt. 30 April 2014
Americas
Actavis has entered into an agreement with Pfizer to settle all outstanding patent litigation related to Pfizer’s arthritis drug Celebrex (celecoxib). 29 April 2014
Americas
AstraZeneca’s portfolio does not appear to offer a long pipeline of marketed products with long periods of exclusivity, says Jason Rutt, head of the patents group at Rouse in London and former head of Pfizer’s UK patent department. 28 April 2014
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has thrown out a lower court ruling that found Natco Pharma infringed a patent covering Roche’s flu drug Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate). 25 April 2014
Americas
Pfizer’s associate general counsel, Justin McCarthy, has sent a letter to India’s ambassador to the US, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, urging the Indian government to “shift from using destructive IP policy as an access strategy,” according to reports. 25 April 2014
Big Pharma
Novartis and GSK have agreed to create a consumer healthcare business in a joint venture that involves the exchange of assets worth billions of dollars. 23 April 2014
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US-based The Medicines Co has sued Aurobindo Pharma after claims the Indian pharmaceutical company infringed two patents related to its heart drug Angiomax (bivalirudin). 16 April 2014
Americas
Depomed, a California-based pharmaceutical company, has settled litigation with two of three companies that sought to launch generic versions of its Gralise (gabapentin) product before patents covering it expire. 16 April 2014
Americas
A group of generic drug manufacturers has asked the US Supreme Court to allow a ruling that grants them permission to market a version of Teva’s multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone (glatiramer acetate). 15 April 2014
Europe
The UK High Court has invalidated two patents covering Roche’s breast cancer drug Herceptin (trastuzumab) after a challenge by generic drug maker Hospira. 14 April 2014