Biotech news
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
Biotech
In future, the more efficient targeting of treatments to specific patient populations that will actually benefit from them, could offset the price of more expensive but well targeted and effective treatments that will be suitable for increasingly smaller patient populations. Daniel Lim and Anna Jackson of Kirkland & Ellis explain. 8 August 2019
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit yesterday, August 6, affirmed a US International Trade Commission decision to uphold a patent related to E. coli bacteria. 7 August 2019
Biotech
Exact Sciences will acquire Genomic Health in a merger deal worth $2.8 billion. 31 July 2019
Americas
California-based Amgen is barred from succeeding on its patent infringement claim against Coherus Biosciences, according to the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 30 July 2019
Biotech
One of the perennial inherent challenges for legislators and regulators is crafting laws and regulatory frameworks that are firm enough to deal with the issues of the present, but flexible enough to cater for the challenges of the future, as Daniel Lim and Anna Jackson of Kirkland & Ellis explain. 26 July 2019
Americas
Merck KGaA-owned Sigma-Aldrich has petitioned the US Patent and Trademark Office to open an interference proceeding between its own pending CRISPR-Cas9 patents and patents awarded to the University of California, Berkeley. 23 July 2019
Pharma
The European Commission has pledged €35 million to promote the development of analysis of health images for cancer diagnostics, based on artificial intelligence. 10 July 2019
Pharma
Charity Cancer Research UK has united with SV Health Investors, a venture capital and growth equity firm, to develop new cancer medicines for patients. 3 July 2019
Biotech
Carpmaels & Ransford has appointed two life sciences attorneys as partners, effective yesterday, July 1. 2 July 2019