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China has added 70 medicines to its national medical insurance catalogue, which will reduce the cost of the drugs by more than 60% on average, the National Healthcare Security Administration has said. 2 December 2019
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Japanese pharmaceutical conglomerate Asahi Kasei has announced it will acquire Danish company Veloxis Pharmaceuticals for $1.3 billion. 28 November 2019
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Amgen and Coherus Biosciences have settled a patent infringement dispute, after Coherus claimed that Amgen was infringing three of its patents. 28 November 2019
Medtech
A US district court has partially granted medical devices maker Nevro’s motion to dismiss patent infringement claims against the company by a competitor, Boston Scientific. 28 November 2019
Asia
The Japan Patent Office and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore have each granted Merck KGaA a patent covering the use of paired CRISPR nickases. 27 November 2019
Americas
DLA Piper has strengthened its San Francisco office with the addition of a former Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer counsel. 27 November 2019
Big Pharma
The best lawyers acting for life sciences companies make sure they fully understand their clients’ business models, said in-house counsel at Life Sciences Patent Network 2019. 26 November 2019
Big Pharma
Ahead of the IQPC - Life Science IP conference in London, Kevin Mooney, chairman of the rules and procedure committee at the UPC, answers pressing questions on the IP landscape post-Brexit and the future of the Europe-wide patents court project. 25 November 2019
Big Pharma
Swiss drug company Novartis has agreed to buy The Medicines Co for $9.7 billion, as it focuses on expanding its cardiovascular portfolio. 25 November 2019
Biotechnology
The US Department of Justice has charged a former Monsanto employee with committing economic espionage and trade secrets theft. 22 November 2019