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California’s biopharmaceutical and medical device employment rate grew by 7% between 2011 and 2015, a recent report by the California Life Sciences Association (CLSA) and PwC US has revealed. 23 November 2016
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Thermo Fisher Scientific sued US-based instrumentation company DeNovix yesterday for allegedly infringing two patents covering Thermo Fisher’s NanoDrop micro-volume spectrophotometers. 22 November 2016
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Canada-based oral drug company IntelGenx has secured a licence from Eli Lilly to a patent covering tadalafil. 22 November 2016
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McGuireWoods has promoted a partner in its Raleigh, North Carolina office, effective from January 1, 2017. 22 November 2016
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Canada-based pharmaceutical corporation Apotex has filed a complaint for declaratory judgment of non-infringement against medical company Alcon in a patent case over an ophthalmic solution product. 21 November 2016
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Biotech company United Therapeutics Corporation has filed a complaint against US-based Par Pharmaceutical for infringement of patents covering Remodulin. 21 November 2016
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Law firm Mayer Brown has made a number of promotions across its offices, with five appointments in the intellectual property practice. 21 November 2016
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Law firm Smith, Gambrell & Russell has hired Charles Vorndran as a partner in its intellectual property practice in Atlanta. 21 November 2016
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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed a district court’s ruling holding that Camber Pharmaceuticals and Invagen Pharmaceuticals do not infringe Roxane Laboratories’ patent. 18 November 2016
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The US Supreme Court has denied certiorari for Purdue Pharma in a dispute over four of its patents covering OxyContin (oxycodone hydrochloride) against Teva, Mylan, Amneal and Epic Pharma. 17 November 2016