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Africa
Drugs made by pharmaceutical companies including Abbvie, Gilead, and Merck are set to achieve “blockbuster” status by 2020, according to a report. 3 February 2016
Biotechnology
The English High Court has revoked two European patents owned by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals covering transgenic mice. 3 February 2016
Biotechnology
UK-based drug discovery company Crescendo Biologics has hired Barbara Fleck as head of intellectual property. 2 February 2016
Americas
India-based Sun Pharmaceutical has launched its generic version of Novartis’s cancer treatment drug Gleevec in the US. 2 February 2016
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has knocked out two patents belonging to biotechnology company Illumina following a challenge by Intelligent Bio-Systems. 1 February 2016
Americas
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has rejected generics company Lannett Holdings’s petition for an inter partes review because it was filed one day too late. 29 January 2016
Americas
PDL BioPharma has sued Merck Sharp & Dohme in a complaint that centres on a now-expired patent directed to treating melanoma. 28 January 2016
Americas
Medical devices maker Greatbatch has secured a $37.5 million patent victory at a US court. 27 January 2016
Americas
As reflected in numerous recent court opinions, the broad Supreme Court rulings of Mayo, Myriad and Alice have drastically changed the landscape of patent-eligibility in diagnostics. Jenny Shmuel and Megan Chacon of Fish & Richardson review the situation and discuss some future scenarios. 27 January 2016
Americas
US law firm Wolf Greenfield has promoted Jenny Chen, Thomas Franklin and Jessamine Lee to shareholders. 27 January 2016