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Biotechnology
Judges uphold PTAB decision invalidating Incept patents related to use of biodegradable filler in radiation treatment | Swedish firm Palette had challenged patents through inter partes review. 17 August 2023
Big Pharma
This week marks the first anniversary of its enactment but the US Inflation Reduction Act still poses questions for pharmaceutical companies, say Alice Valder Curran and Cullen Taylor of Hogan Lovells. 15 August 2023
Big Pharma
Are we now seeing the power posed by the court as a litigation forum, asks Antje Brambrink of Finnegan. 15 August 2023
Big Pharma
Patent-in-suit relates to a synthetic drug used to treat nicotine dependence | Development comes after USFood and Drug Administration sets new guidelines forcing the withdrawal of another big pharma firm’s rival drug. 10 August 2023
Medtech
Dispute centred on alleged infringement of several patents related to keyhole surgery | Big pharma company acquired defendant firm in $3.4bn deal four years ago. 10 August 2023
Big Pharma
US Court of Appeals highlights procedural rules in patent dispute concerning medical device charging patents | Medtronic now faces further patent validity reviews after Fed Circ rules in favour of rival. 8 August 2023
Big Pharma
GSK argues that its US rival knew of its patented technology seven years after research began | Blockbuster respiratory vaccines, world’s first of their kind, received US approval in May. 7 August 2023
Big Pharma
Joint stipulations approved by federal judge to dismiss three lawsuits alleging patent infringement on cancer immunotherapies | Companies settle early ‘to save time and attention’ say reports. 3 August 2023
Big Pharma
A reticent patent office and complex legal picture make getting IP protection of treatments based on the lucrative plant tricky, explain Priscila Kashiwabara and Luan Scalzitti of Kasznar Leonardos. 3 August 2023
Americas
The lawsuit alleged the unlawful use of cfDNA technology in RaDaR assay and related products | Adds to an existing legal action the company filed against Inivata. 1 August 2023