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Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit yesterday affirmed a district court’s order to deny arbitration in a patent infringement case between Illumina and Ariosa Diagnostics. 27 July 2016
Big Pharma
The Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association has agreed a deal with the government that it says will reduce costs paid by the country’s Health Service Executive to facilitate access to new medicines. 26 July 2016
Americas
Law firm Cooley announced yesterday that it is expanding its patent counselling and prosecution practice with the addition of Mika Reiner Mayer’s team from law firm Morrison Foerster. 26 July 2016
Biotechnology
In order to be well prepared before a generic or biosimilar marketing authorisation is approved, drugs companies in the EU may consider monitoring pending applications, says Ruth Franken of Hogan Lovells. 26 July 2016
Americas
Technology company Philips has bought Wellcentive, a US-based company that provides health management solutions. 25 July 2016
Americas
The US Drug Enforcement Administration has claimed that hundreds of thousands of counterfeit pills containing deadly substances have entered the US drug market. 25 July 2016
Big Pharma
Lukas Hoffmann, grandson of Roche founder Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche, has died at the age of 93. 22 July 2016
Americas
AstraZeneca is suing Aurobindo Pharma for allegedly infringing a patent covering its drug Nexium. 22 July 2016
Americas
Despite the clamour for more guidance on the scope and application of the Mayo test on patent eligibility, the US Supreme Court denied Sequenom’s petition in its dispute with Ariosa, as Stephen Stout and Rachael McClure of Vinson & Elkins explain. 21 July 2016
Americas
Gilead Sciences has successfully transferred a domain name that included the term ‘Sovaldi’, one of the drug maker’s products. 21 July 2016