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Big Pharma
Novartis and GSK have agreed to create a consumer healthcare business in a joint venture that involves the exchange of assets worth billions of dollars. 23 April 2014
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US-based The Medicines Co has sued Aurobindo Pharma after claims the Indian pharmaceutical company infringed two patents related to its heart drug Angiomax (bivalirudin). 16 April 2014
Americas
Depomed, a California-based pharmaceutical company, has settled litigation with two of three companies that sought to launch generic versions of its Gralise (gabapentin) product before patents covering it expire. 16 April 2014
Americas
A group of generic drug manufacturers has asked the US Supreme Court to allow a ruling that grants them permission to market a version of Teva’s multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone (glatiramer acetate). 15 April 2014
Europe
The UK High Court has invalidated two patents covering Roche’s breast cancer drug Herceptin (trastuzumab) after a challenge by generic drug maker Hospira. 14 April 2014
Americas
Law firm Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC has added three partners to its IP team. 11 April 2014
Americas
US law firm O’Melveny & Myers LLP has hired Lisa Barons Pensabene, Marc Pensabene, and Filko Prugo at its New York office. 10 April 2014
Europe
Dublin-based Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals has announced it will buy US biopharmaceutical company Questcor Pharmaceuticals for $5.6 billion. 9 April 2014
Americas
Teva has filed an application with the US Supreme Court to stay a ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that allowed generic drug makers to enter the market before the expiry of Teva’s patents covering its $4.3 billion-a-year multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone. 8 April 2014
Americas
OxyContin (oxycodone hydrochloride) maker Purdue Pharma has filed suit against Teva to stop the generic drug maker trying to litigate claims to a patent for which it had filed a Paragraph III certification. 8 April 2014