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Americas
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued guidance for biological drug makers about what information they should provide the agency to determine when their products’ marketing exclusivity period should begin, known as the “date of first licensure”. 8 August 2014
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed a district court’s decision that pharmaceutical company Tyco’s patents directed to sleep aid drug temazepam were not infringed. 7 August 2014
Americas
US District Court for the Northern District of California judge Lucy Koh has dismissed Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda’s patent infringement case against generic maker Mylan concerning acid reflux drug Dexilant (dexlansoprazole). 6 August 2014
Biotechnology
New drugs that target ribonucleic acid (RNA) being developed by Danish biotechnology company Santaris Pharma lie behind the decision by Roche to buy Santaris that was announced yesterday, August 4. 5 August 2014
Americas
US-based injections maker Akorn has agreed to sell its rights to develop, manufacture and market generic tuberculosis injection rifampin to Watson Laboratories to settle charges by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that its proposed acquisition of pharmaceutical company VersaPharm was likely to be anticompetitive. 5 August 2014
Americas
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has sued India-based Zydus for infringing three patents related to its heartburn drug Nexium (esomeprazole magnesium). 4 August 2014
Generics
HemoShear creates systems for predicting human responses to drugs by applying its proprietary technology
to human cells in the lab to make them behave the way they would in vivo. LSIPR found out about its strategy for protecting and developing its technologies. 1 August 2014
Big Pharma
Parties need to take care when considering interim injunctions and keep an eye on future IP litigation, says Jan Lindberg. 1 August 2014
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The development of gene technologies is still at a relatively early stage, with patent applications coming from research institutes and universities as well as industry. Gareth Williams has crunched the numbers. 1 August 2014
Americas
German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim has sued generic drug maker Mylan for infringing a patent covering its Aggrenox drug. 31 July 2014