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Big Pharma
A Japanese court has dismissed a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Roche subsidiary Genentech against Sandoz, a division of Novartis. 4 June 2019
Big Pharma
The US Food and Drug Administration has sent a warning letter to a stem cell company for marketing a number of unapproved treatments for a variety of life-threatening conditions. 4 June 2019
Americas
American pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly has secured an exclusive licence for a non-opioid, non-addictive chronic pain treatment from Boston-based biotech company Centrexion Therapeutics. 3 June 2019
Americas
The University of California has settled a dispute over the use of a diagnostic tool in graduate research projects. 31 May 2019
Big Pharma
German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim has entered into a second licence and collaboration agreement with Danish biotech company Gubra for the development of an obesity treatment. 30 May 2019
Americas
US biotechnology company Celgene has taken legal action against the registrant of a domain name which allegedly infringes Celgene’s trademarks. 30 May 2019
Europe
Biopharmaceutical company Sensorion has entered into a research collaboration with French research body Institut Pasteur. 29 May 2019
Biotechnology
A subsidiary of China-based genome sequencing company BGI has filed a patent infringement suit against a US competitor. 29 May 2019
Big Pharma
GSK has entered into a settlement agreement with California-based Laclede, ending a trademark infringement dispute between the pair. 28 May 2019
Biotechnology
The US Patent and Trademark Office has issued a new CRISPR/Cas9 patent to the University of California, the University of Vienna and microbiologist Emmanuelle Charpentier. 28 May 2019