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Americas
Pfizer has entered into an oncology collaboration with Nektar Therapeutics, a US development stage biopharma company. 7 November 2018
Big Pharma
Germany’s Federal Patent Court has published the reasoning behind its decision to revoke Gilead Sciences’ supplementary protection certificate for HIV/AIDS treatment Truvada, 6 November 2018
Americas
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America has identified Brazil and Thailand as two of the worst countries for patent delays, in a submission made to a US government report. 6 November 2018
Big Pharma
HGF has strengthened its Basel, Switzerland office with the addition of Leena Contarino as a partner. 5 November 2018
Americas
A US district court has ordered Australia-based Cochlear to pay $268 million in damages to the Alfred E Mann Foundation for Scientific Research and Advanced Bionics. 5 November 2018
Americas
Gene-sequencing company Illumina has agreed to buy competitor Pacific Biosciences for $1.2 billion. 2 November 2018
Americas
California-based Gilead Sciences has signed a collaboration agreement with Tango Therapeutics to discover and develop a pipeline of immuno-oncology treatments for cancer patients. 2 November 2018
Americas
Alex Tse, US attorney for the Northern District of California, has charged three former Genentech employees with trade secrets theft. 1 November 2018
Europe
The company that provides access to CRISPR/Cas9 IP owned by researcher Emmanuelle Charpentier, ERS Genomics, has signed a patent licensing deal with DefiniGEN, a spin-out from the University of Cambridge, UK. 1 November 2018
Big Pharma
Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceuticals is reportedly planning to sell its European over-the-counter business to lessen its debt from acquiring biotech company Shire. 31 October 2018