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Asia
Hong Kong customs authorities have carried out a series of raids resulting in the seizure of counterfeit vaccines worth over HKD $1 million, some containing poison. 18 July 2019
Big Pharma
Johnson & Johnson has warned that strong competition from generic drugs could impact the company’s figures for the rest of the year. 18 July 2019
Americas
Massachusetts-based medical laser company Candela and Israeli medical devices manufacturer Lumenis have settled all outstanding patent litigation between the two parties. 18 July 2019
Big Pharma
India’s Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition for an injunction by German pharma company Bayer against an Indian competitor. 18 July 2019
Big Pharma
Gilead will pay more than $5 billion as part of a collaborative research and development agreement with Belgian-Dutch pharmaceutical company Galapagos. 16 July 2019
Big Pharma
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld an earlier ruling that Indivior cannot stop two competitors from making a generic version of one of its drugs. 15 July 2019
Big Pharma
A German court has found that Sanofi’s high-cholesterol treatment, Praluent, infringes one of Amgen’s patents. 12 July 2019
Americas
Reckitt Benckiser has agreed to pay a $1.4 billion fine to settle a US investigation into the sales and marketing of opioid addiction treatment Suboxone film by its former prescriptions business. 12 July 2019
Americas
There has been a significant drop in the number of patents invalidated due to so-called Alice challenges since Federal Circuit rulings in Berkheimer v HP, and Aatrix Software v Green Shades Software, according to a new report. 11 July 2019
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit yesterday, July 10, handed victory to researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in a case involving a foetal testing patent. 11 July 2019