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Big Pharma
Roche unit Chugai failed to persuade the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board that it should not institute inter partes reviews of a patent covering Actemra, a treatment for arthritis under the NHK/Fintiv rule.   11 January 2022
Biotechnology
Alexion, AstraZeneca’s rare disease group, has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Neurimmune AG for NI006, an antibody in development for the treatment of the heart condition, transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy.   11 January 2022
Americas
A former Monsanto employee has pled guilty to conspiring to steal trade secrets from the biotech company in order to share the information with the Chinese government.   10 January 2022
Americas
Sarepta Therapeutics won’t be able to rely on a “safe harbour” provision to protect its gene therapy invention from a patent infringement suit from biotech Regenxbio and the University of Pennsylvania, a Delaware court has ruled.   6 January 2022
Biotechnology
Biotech Allele has dropped its lawsuit accusing Pfizer and BioNTech of infringing technology covering a fluorescent protein used in COVID-19 vaccines.   6 January 2022
Generics
Hikma Pharmaceuticals has secured a win in its “skinny label” patent suit with Amarin Pharmaceuticals, following a ruling handed down by a federal court in the state of Delaware.   6 January 2022
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6 January 2022
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has rejected several bids from French pharma giant Sanofi to revive claims in its Lantus SoloStar insulin pen patents.   4 January 2022
Big Pharma
Former GlaxoGlaxoSmithKline scientists conspired to steal trade secrets to benefit the Chinese firm, Renopharma, according to the US Department of Justice.   4 January 2022
Americas
Novartis Pharmaceuticals has prevailed against China’s HEC Pharm at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, after a majority panel of judges held that a patent covering the multiple sclerosis drug Gilenya was valid.   4 January 2022