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The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a dispute over whether confidential sales of an invention can trigger the on-sale bar and invalidate a patent under the America Invents Act. 26 June 2018
Big Pharma
Carpmaels & Ransford has added two life sciences lawyers to its partnership, effective from July 1. 25 June 2018
Americas
A US court handed victory to Eli Lilly late last week after finding that a drug for which Dr Reddy’s is seeking approval would infringe a patent covering cancer treatment Alimta. 25 June 2018
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The European Commission, European Medicines Agency and US Food and Drug Administration have said they will work on streamlining the scientific requirements for approving generic drugs. 25 June 2018
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has confirmed that a request to obtain discovery for use in a foreign proceeding, in this case at the European Patent Office, will be denied unless the relevance of that discovery can be shown. 22 June 2018
Big Pharma
The Court of Justice of the European Union today handed down its decision involving the parallel imports of medicines from new EU member states into existing ones. 22 June 2018
Americas
Biomedical research charity The Wellcome Trust has granted clinical-stage company Karuna Pharmaceuticals $8 million to further advance the clinical development of a schizophrenia treatment. 21 June 2018
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The US Patent and Trademark Office has granted ERS Genomics its first US patent covering the use of CRISPR/Cas9 technology for gene editing. 20 June 2018
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Switzerland-based Roche has agreed to pay $2.4 billion to acquire the remainder of Foundation Medicine, a molecular and genomic analysis company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 20 June 2018
Asia
Humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières has challenged a patent owned by Gilead in China. 20 June 2018