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Big Pharma
Athena Diagnostics has asked the US Federal Circuit to revisit its decision earlier this year, which found four claims in one of its patents to be invalid. 9 April 2019
Americas
Pharmaceutical companies Alnylam and Regeneron will collaborate on the development and commercialisation of RNA interference therapeutics. 9 April 2019
Americas
India-based drugmaker Sun Pharma has accused Pfizer of infringing a patent with a new extended-release formulation of Lyrica. 8 April 2019
Americas
The US Food and Drug Administration and US Customs and Border Protection have strengthened their collaboration in a bid to halt the import of counterfeit drugs and protect public health. 5 April 2019
Americas
AbbVie is now facing six antitrust class-action lawsuits which claim that the company illegally stopped competition for its arthritis treatment Humira. 4 April 2019
Medtech
Massachusetts-based Medrobotics has failed to convince the EU General Court that its trademark for ‘See More. Reach More. Treat More.’ should be registered. 4 April 2019
Biotechnology
The European Patent Office has issued a new CRISPR/Cas9 patent to inventor Emmanuelle Charpentier, one of the key figures in the CRISPR landscape. 4 April 2019
Biotechnology
The English High Court will hear a patent dispute between a subsidiary of biopharmaceutical company Sanofi and British-Dutch consumer goods brand Unilever. 3 April 2019
Biotechnology
European Patent Office president António Campinos will refer a recent decision on the patentability of exclusively obtained by essentially biological processes to the office’s Enlarged Board of Appeal. 2 April 2019
Big Pharma
Biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has entered into an agreement with Japanese pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo to develop and commercialise trastuzumab deruxtecan, a potential new medicine for cancer treatment. 2 April 2019