Biotech news
Americas
While personalised medicine is a challenging area for drug developers, there are a number of potential solutions, as LSIPR finds out. 27 September 2018
Biotech
Big data presents an array of opportunities for the pharmaceutical industry, but companies must be careful who they partner with, said Myra McCormack, associate patent counsel at Johnson & Johnson, yesterday. 26 September 2018
Americas
The inter partes review process has had a huge impact on biosimilar litigation, but it isn’t truly fulfilling its goal of being an alternative to district court litigation. 26 September 2018
Americas
DLA Piper has added two partners from Hogan Lovells to its IP and technology practice in New York. 25 September 2018
Americas
American biotech 3Scan is combining robotics with machine learning and automation to offer microscopy services for the 3D analysis of cells, tissues, and organs. LSIPR met general counsel Nada Rastad to hear about some of the patenting challenges. 24 September 2018
Americas
ERS Genomics and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard signed CRISPR licensing deals with Thermo Fisher Scientific on Tuesday, shortly before ERS expanded a separate agreement with Oxford Genetics. 20 September 2018
Americas
Several recent cases from the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit offer guidance on navigating the §101 legal framework with respect to CRISPR patent claims, as Pat Carson and Mira Atanassova Mulvaney of Kirkland & Ellis report. 19 September 2018
Americas
Gene-editing company CRISPR Therapeutics has partnered with regenerative medicine-focused ViaCyte to focus on diabetes treatments. 19 September 2018
Pharma
Researchers from three London universities and the Francis Crick Institute have joined together to form a hub for cancer biotherapeutics research and treatment, made possible by a £14 million investment from charity Cancer Research UK. 19 September 2018
Americas
Allergan has revealed plans to buy Bonti, a biotechnology company focused on medical aesthetics, for $195 million. 18 September 2018