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California-based drugmaker lost Hatch-Waxman Act case after judge ruled it had failed to show patent infringement | Corcept CEO ‘confident’ decision will be reversed on appeal. 4 January 2024
Big Pharma
District judge ruled in favour of Regeneron confirming patent infringement by Mylan | Court recognised Mylan's success in challenging the validity of certain patents | Ruling happened while Regeneron filed a separate case against another competitor alleging the infringement of 51 patents. 2 January 2024
Big Pharma
Life science attorneys should see some notable developments relating to artificial intelligence, patent eligibility and the Fintiv rule, write Manita Rawat and Alexander Stein of Morgan Lewis. 2 January 2024
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Managing partner oversees a varied range of global patent portfolios, often acting as the ‘in-house’ attorney for multinational clients. 2 January 2024
Biotechnology
Mark Hatch-Miller, who led the trial team at Susman for Globus, tells Sarah Speight how this spinal implant patent dispute, brought by a Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon, was a “heavy lift”. 21 December 2023
Big Pharma
CureVac suffers a blow following a favourable earlier opinion delivered by the German Federal Patent Court | Decision invalidates a patent related to mRNA tech. 21 December 2023
Biotechnology
Medical device company wins eight-day jury trial in spinal implant patent dispute | Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon claimed Globus Medical directly infringed multiple patents in US | Susman Godfrey | Fish & Richardson. 19 December 2023
Big Pharma
The Biden administration’s proposals target price gouging triggers resistance | The move, which includes the consideration of march-in rights for taxpayer-funded drugs, may ‘jeopardise collaborative partnerships and hinder innovation. 19 December 2023
Biotechnology
Biotech firm agrees licence deal days after its gene editing treatment gets landmark FDA approval | Patents owned by the Broad Institute protect technology sold via Editas Medicines. 14 December 2023
Genetics
Novelty and inventive step of patent owned by ERS Genomics and Emmanuelle Charpentier withstand challenge at Japan Patent Office | Invalidity proceedings also rejected by JPO in 2021. 14 December 2023