Biotech news
Americas
US law firm McGuire Woods is expanding its life sciences patent litigation team with the addition of three partners in its New York office. 15 January 2019
Pharma
Multinational pharmaceutical company Sanofi has entered into a licensing agreement with Paris-based biopharmaceutical company Biomunex. 15 January 2019
Pharma
The number of international investors in life sciences start-ups in the Catalonia region in Spain has multiplied by ten in the last five years, according to a new report. 10 January 2019
Americas
The US Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal against a ruling that American pharmaceutical firm Merck & Co cannot collect $200 million in damages due to its misconduct during a trial. 10 January 2019
Biotech
US-based Locus Biosciences has announced it will license its CRISPR-Cas3 technology to Janssen, a subsidiary of American pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson, in a deal worth a potential $818 million. 9 January 2019
Americas
Los Angeles-based law firm Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht has hired two partners to its New York office. 9 January 2019
Asia
The Supreme Court of India has ruled that biotechnology company Monsanto’s patent for genetically modified cotton seeds is valid and enforceable in the country. 8 January 2019
Americas
Ariosa Diagnostics, a subsidiary of Swiss healthcare firm Roche, has won a patent dispute with American biotechnology firm Illumina. 2 January 2019
Americas
John Zurawski has joined Ballard Spahr as a partner in Philadelphia, after spending more than two years at McCarter & English. 19 December 2018
Biotech
Pfizer and Seattle-based biotech company Kineta Immuno-Oncology have signed a research and licensing agreement worth a potential $520 million. 18 December 2018