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Americas
Genetic sequencing company Illumina has continued its campaign of filing patent lawsuits against rival BGI, with the filing of three additional infringement suits. 2 July 2019
Big Pharma
Reddie & Grose has appointed Robin Ellis as a partner in the firm’s Munich office. 2 July 2019
Biotechnology
Carpmaels & Ransford has appointed two life sciences attorneys as partners, effective yesterday, July 1. 2 July 2019
Big Pharma
The controversial supplementary protection certificate manufacturing waiver has come into force today, July 1. 1 July 2019
Americas
A Kentucky jury has awarded a seed company $2.4 million, after finding that an ex-employee had misappropriated trade secrets related to work on broccoli seeds and sprouts. 1 July 2019
Americas
Morrison & Foerster has strengthened its life sciences group with the addition of Bethany Hills as a partner in New York. 1 July 2019
Americas
Pfizer has appointed former US Food and Drug Administration commissioner Scott Gottlieb to its board. 28 June 2019
Big Pharma
Industry has welcomed the British government’s announcement that it will take steps to secure additional freight capacity to deal with a shortage of pharmaceuticals in the event of a no-deal Brexit. 27 June 2019
Americas
The US Patent and Trademark Office has revived the dispute between the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley over which first invented the CRISPR gene-editing technology. 27 June 2019
Big Pharma
A US court has issued an injunction barring the manufacture of generic versions of Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis’ multiple sclerosis drug Gileyna. 26 June 2019