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Americas
Biopharmaceutical company Dermira has acquired the licensing rights to lebrikizumab, a treatment for atopic dermatitis, from Roche. 9 August 2017
Americas
Biopharma company Coherus BioSciences has filed a petition for inter partes review of a patent controlled by Amgen. 8 August 2017
Americas
Mallinckrodt has acquired InfaCare Pharmaceutical Corporation, a company specialising in the development and commercialisation of pharmaceuticals for neonatal and paediatric patients. 7 August 2017
Americas
Novartis has been hit with a patent infringement lawsuit by Plexxikon, a drug-discovery company. 7 August 2017
Big Pharma
UK-based biopharmaceutical company Shire is assessing the potential to spin off its neuroscience franchise. 4 August 2017
Americas
A Massachusetts jury has awarded technology company Philips $10.4 million but also fined it $3.3 million in a seven-year patent infringement lawsuit against Zoll Medical. 4 August 2017
Americas
Boehringer Ingelheim has infringed 74 of AbbVie’s patents relating to arthritis medication Humira (adalimumab), AbbVie has alleged. 3 August 2017
Americas
Enzo Biochem and Yale University have lost their appeal in a dispute centring on one of their DNA detection and identification patents. 3 August 2017
Americas
Drugs maker Endo Pharmaceuticals has accused Lupin Atlantis, a subsidiary of Lupin, of patent infringement. 2 August 2017
Asia-Pacific
China has launched an IP rights protection centre aimed at providing protection for the biopharmaceutical and high-end manufacturing industries. 2 August 2017