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Africa
Pharmaceutical company GSK has adopted a new approach to patents and intellectual property to widen access to medicines in the world’s poorest countries. 1 April 2016
Big Pharma
Owners of second medical use patents may need to think outside the box in terms of the relief they seek for infringement, says Katie Hutchinson of Bristows. 31 March 2016
Asia
India-based pharmaceutical company Sun Pharmaceutical has acquired 14 prescription brands from Novartis in Japan for $293 million. 31 March 2016
Americas
Law firm Reed Smith has hired Nicolas Barzoukas and Josh Davis as partners in the firm’s intellectual property, information and innovation practice group in Houston. 31 March 2016
Americas
No patent application directed to CRISPR has yet fallen foul of the EU’s Biotech Directive on the basis of the human embryo use exception, but the technology is still in its nascent stage. Ashley Roughton of Nabarro reports. 31 March 2016
Americas
US presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has urged the government to hold a hearing to determine whether a patent covering a prostate cancer drug should be licensed in a bid to lower its price. 30 March 2016
Americas
Biopharmaceutical company Shire has had a patent for Lialda upheld in its trial against Watson Pharmaceuticals. 30 March 2016
Americas
Biotechnology company Thermo Fisher Scientific said its potential merger with genomics company Affymetrix is its preferred option to another potential deal. 29 March 2016
Americas
Gilead has been ordered to pay Merck $200 million in damages following a trial that found it had infringed patents covering hepatitis C treatments. 29 March 2016
Big Pharma
The UK Supreme Court has said it will hear a patent dispute between Eli Lilly and Allergan centring on cancer drug Alimta. 24 March 2016