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Americas
In a boon for eye care specialist Nicox, the United States Patent and Trademark Office has confirmed that one of its three patents covering a glaucoma treatment could be extended by up to five years. 22 April 2021
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Now the race for the vaccine has been won, and we have 3 working vaccines. The next major battle against Covid-19 is the successful distribution of them. Major pharmaceutical companies came together collaboratively to win the first battle, so why is the second proving so hard? 22 April 2021
Americas
L’Oreal has secured a victory after a US federal court ruled that the French cosmetics brand did not infringe patents owned by the University of Massachusetts because they were invalid. 22 April 2021
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The law of innovation balances private returns on investment against benefits to the public. Increasing the profitability of intellectual property acts as an inducement to spend money on research and testing, but threatens to increase costs to the public both directly and in terms of reduced access. 21 April 2021
Americas
Law firm Withers has expanded its US tech practice with the hire of a new team of life sciences and venture capital-focused lawyers in Boston. 20 April 2021
Plant Varieties
Just under a decade ago, Washington became the first state to legalise recreational cannabis, bringing with it the potential to create a legitimate business focused on the buying, selling or distribution of the drug in the US. 20 April 2021
Biotechnology
Changes to China’s patent laws and a filing by a Wuhan lab involving Gilead’s remdesivir have set up an interesting patent race, says Thomas Moga of Dykema. 20 April 2021
Big Pharma
Pfizer has settled lawsuits against two Indian generics makers who had informed the US Food and Drug Administration of plans to launch their own version of Xeljanz XR. 20 April 2021
Americas
A group of more than 170 former world leaders and Nobel Laureates has called upon US President Joe Biden to waive IP rights for COVID vaccines, in an open letter posted yesterday. 15 April 2021
Generics
The Fifth Circuit of the Court of Appeals has denied a petition from Impax Laboratories to overturn a decision finding Impax engaged in an illegal pay-for-delay settlement with Endo Pharmaceuticals. 15 April 2021