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Biotech Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced plans to acquire Dutch diagnostics group Qiagen for $11.5 billion. 3 March 2020
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April Weisbruch has joined McDermott Will & Emery as an IP partner, moving from Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, where she worked as an IP associate. 3 March 2020
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Gilead Sciences has agreed a $4.9 billion deal to buy California-based immuno-oncology company Forty Seven. 2 March 2020
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The US Food and Drug Administration has revealed a COVID-19-related shortage of a drug, adding to concerns that the virus has the potential to massively disrupt medical supply chains. 2 March 2020
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UK-based pharmaceutical manufacturer Comb International, owner of the ‘Vagisil’ trademark, has successfully challenged the ‘Vagisan’ trademark at the Intellectual Property Office Singapore. 28 February 2020
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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has rejected Biogen’s bid to block a bioequivalent version of its multiple sclerosis drug, pending an appeal against a lower court’s ruling. 28 February 2020
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California-headquartered biotech Genentech has agreed to pay $30 million upfront to develop immuno-oncology therapies with UK-based Bicycle Therapeutics. 27 February 2020
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Immunology-focused Vir Biotechnology and Hong Kong-based WuXi Biologics have become the latest companies to turn their focus to developing treatments for the novel coronavirus. 27 February 2020
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US-based Gilead Sciences has been granted three Chinese patents connected to possible COVID-19 treatment remdesivir, reported He Zhimin, the deputy director of China’s National Intellectual Property Administration. 27 February 2020
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French drugmaker Sanofi is looking to create a new European manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients, amid concerns over dependence on a Chinese manufacturing sector hit by coronavirus. 27 February 2020