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Africa
The World Health Organization will launch a pilot project for biosimilars to make costly cancer treatments more widely available in low and middle income countries. 5 May 2017
Americas
The US Patent and Trademark Office won a case against biotech company NantKwest yesterday at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 4 May 2017
Americas
AstraZeneca has entered into a collaboration with biotech company Pieris Pharmaceuticals to develop novel inhaled drugs that expand on Pieris’s Anticalin platform. 4 May 2017
Americas
A judge at the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana has handed down a final judgment in a patent dispute between Eli Lilly and Sun Pharmaceutical favouring Eli Lilly. 3 May 2017
Americas
GSK and biotech company Bluebird Bio have entered into a licence agreement centring on Bluebird’s lentiviral vector platform. 3 May 2017
Americas
The number of Abbreviated New Drug Application disputes filed in 2016 represented a drop for the first time in three years, the newly published “Hatch-Waxman ANDA Litigation Report 2017” has said. 2 May 2017
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled yesterday that a patent is invalid if the invention was sold before being patented, even if the invention was not publicly disclosed. 2 May 2017
Americas
The US District Court for the District of Delaware has dismissed a dispute between Apotex and Allergan after the companies entered into a settlement agreement. 28 April 2017
Biotechnology
Merck will divest its biosimilars business to Fresenius Kabi in order to focus on innovative drugs. 28 April 2017
Americas
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments from Amgen and Sandoz yesterday in the ongoing battle over a biosimilar version of Amgen’s Neupogen. 27 April 2017