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Americas
The Foundation for AIDS Research has warned that the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s changes to IP policy could restrict access to affordable generic medicines in low and middle income countries. 13 May 2015
Big Pharma
The European Patent Office has revoked a patent covering biotechnology company Celgene’s cancer drug Revlimid. 12 May 2015
Asia
The Indian Patent Office has rejected Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceutica’s application to patent its HIV drug Edurant, according to a report by The Financial Express. 12 May 2015
Americas
LSIPR takes a look at what the Practical Law Life Sciences Forum, due to take place on June 25, has to offer. 12 May 2015
Americas
The Supreme Court of California has ruled that so-called “pay-for-delay” patent settlements can be challenged under state antitrust law in a case centering on Bayer’s antibiotic drug Cipro. 11 May 2015
Americas
Law firm Burns & Levinson has expanded its intellectual property practice with the hire of life sciences attorneys John Hamilton and Gabriel Goldman. 11 May 2015
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has blocked US sales of Sandoz’s Zarxio, the biosimilar version of Amgen’s Neupogen, an injection used to prevent infection in patients undergoing chemotherapy. 7 May 2015
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has rejected a man’s claim that he was stopped from entering the fitness machine market because he feared infringing patents that were eventually found to be falsely attributed to Nautilus. 7 May 2015
Americas
Many NPEs have been using their well-stocked war chests to build massive patent portfolios in the medical technology sector, so right owners need to be prepared for a fresh wave of litigation. Jay Nuttall of Steptoe & Johnson offers some tips. 7 May 2015
Americas
The US Supreme Court has rejected pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb’s appeal to review a ruling that found its patent covering a treatment for hepatitis B invalid. 6 May 2015