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Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit yesterday, August 15, blocked Actavis’s attempt to market a generic version of Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals’ weight-loss drug Contrave. 16 August 2019
Americas
Sanofi secured a win at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit yesterday, August 14, after the appeals court concluded a lower court lacked authority to invalidate claims of a patent covering a prostate cancer drug. 15 August 2019
Big Pharma
Drugmaker Aspen has offered to pay the UK’s National Health System £8 million to resolve competition concerns. 15 August 2019
Americas
Ireland-based Jazz Pharma has acquired Virginia-based Cavion in a deal that values the clinical-stage biotech company at up to $312.5 million. 14 August 2019
Genetics
Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Eli Lilly, has taken the Alzheimer's Institute of America to court over its “malicious” prosecution of a patent infringement case. 14 August 2019
Big Pharma
Allergan has filed a motion asking for its “trade secrets” to be removed from evidence in a dispute over its wrinkle treatment, Botox. 13 August 2019
Americas
Sandoz has confirmed that it plans to appeal against a decision that upheld the validity of two of Amgen’s patents for its arthritis treatment Enbrel, effectively blocking the launch of Sandoz’s biosimilar version. 13 August 2019
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit last week affirmed two findings that Dr Reddy’s and Hospira had infringed Eli Lilly’s cancer drug Alimta. 13 August 2019
Americas
Bayer is set to acquire the rest of BlueRock Therapeutics, in a deal that values the Massachusetts-based cell therapy company at $1 billion. 9 August 2019
Big Pharma
The NHS will receive a £250 million investment to develop a new National AI Lab, which will use the technology to improve patient health, the UK government has announced. 8 August 2019