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Biotechnology
Talks on a landmark proposal to waive IP rights for vaccines and treatments related to COVID-19 have stalled, following the failure of the World Trade Organisation to conclude an agreement. 20 October 2020
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The English High Court has concluded that Merck Sharp Dohme is not infringing a patent owned by Pfizer through the sale of its pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. 20 October 2020
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Israeli generics company Teva has withdrawn its oppositions to two patents owned by Shield Therapeutics before the European Patent Office. 19 October 2020
Americas
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton has strengthened its life sciences expertise with the addition of a patent litigation team, that includes four litigators from DLA Piper. 19 October 2020
Americas
A medical device company, St. Jude Medical, part of Abbott Laboratories, failed in its bid to invalidate a patent for an artificial heart valve at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit yesterday, Thursday, October 15. 16 October 2020
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Twenty US states, the US Federal Trade Commission, and consumer groups have asked the Seventh Circuit of the US Court of Appeals to reconsider a case claiming that AbbVie strived to prevent competition to its immunosuppressant drug, Humira. 15 October 2020
Asia-Pacific
In a mixed decision for Merck Sharp Dohme, the Federal Court of Australia has concluded that the pharmaceutical company is infringing one patent owned by Wyeth, but that two other Wyeth patents are invalid. 15 October 2020
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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has dismissed Immunex’s appeal against a decision invalidating its patent on treating inflammatory disorders. 15 October 2020
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As scientists around the globe race to find the cure for Covid-19, will nationalism and traditional rivalries interfere with the dissemination of a vaccine. 15 October 2020
Europe
An Australian personalised genomics company has failed in its effort to obtain protection for its ‘MyDNA.life’ trademark in the UK. 15 October 2020