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Americas
Pharmaceutical company Sunovion, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Dainippon, has settled a patent infringement claim it filed against MSN Laboratories and Sandoz. 6 July 2018
Americas
The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT has expanded its partnership with German pharmaceutical company Bayer to develop new therapies for heart failure. 6 July 2018
Europe
A team at the University of Dundee has announced a major breakthrough in the understanding of Parkinson’s disease. LSIPR heard
more from Miratul Muqit and Daan van Aalten of the university’s school of life sciences. 6 July 2018
Asia-Pacific
France-based Sanofi has announced plans to launch a research and development hub in China to focus on digitalisation and big data analysis. 5 July 2018
Americas
A former employee of chemical company DuPont has been charged with stealing trade secrets related to DuPont’s ethanol fuel enzyme business. 5 July 2018
Africa
Glenda Gray, CEO and president of the South African Medical Research Council, tells LSIPR of the life-saving work she is undertaking and her ambitious goals to improve the South African healthcare landscape. 5 July 2018
Americas
US-based Catalent, which provides delivery technologies for drugs, has agreed to buy Juniper Pharmaceuticals for $133 million. 4 July 2018
Americas
Biotechnology company Genentech has filed a claim against Eli Lilly, alleging that it has infringed a patent relating to a skin treatment. 4 July 2018
Americas
Balancing a company’s duty to shareholders with the public responsibility to provide lifesaving treatments is a constant challenge, as Issi Rozen, chief business officer at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, tells LSIPR. 4 July 2018
Americas
With his interests in IP development, biotechnology innovation policy, and R&D, Luiz Otávio Pimentel, president of Brazil’s patent office, tells LSIPR of his aims to improve the country’s IP performance. 3 July 2018