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Americas
Senator Patrick Leahy has urged the US National Institutes of Health to force Myriad Genetics to license its patents directed to tests for breast and ovarian cancer. 19 July 2013
Biotechnology
On July 15, French pharmaceutical company Ipsen announced it has closed the acquisition of life sciences company and research partner Syntaxin. 18 July 2013
Americas
Biotechnology company Genmab A/S announced on July 15 that the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has refused a request to rehear a case related to its Arzerra product. 17 July 2013
Americas
Pharmaceutical company Glenmark Generics has confirmed that it has filed ANDAs with the US FDA to market generic versions of epilepsy drug Vimpat. 16 July 2013
Asia
India’s Intellectual Property Appellate Board has affirmed that US agricultural company Monsanto cannot obtain a patent covering transgenic plants, two years after it was first rejected. 15 July 2013
Asia-Pacific
The Federal Court of Australia has dismissed Spirit Pharmaceutical’s bid to introduce a generic version of painkiller OxyContin. 12 July 2013
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US law firm Greenberg Traurig has appointed shareholder Jennifer Camacho as co-chair of its Boston IP group. 11 July 2013
Americas
Biotech company Myriad Genetics has filed a patent infringement case against Ambry Genetic Corp for allegedly infringing 10 patents related to genetic diagnostic testing. 10 July 2013
Americas
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last month seized and shut down 1,677 illegal pharmacy websites selling $41,104,386 worth of fake medicines. 9 July 2013
Asia
Novartis has signed a development and licensing agreement with Indian biopharmaceutical company Biological E Limited (BioE) to deliver two vaccines that protect against typhoid and paratyphoid fevers. 8 July 2013