Biotech news
Asia-Pacific
Singapore-based Aslan Pharmaceuticals has acquired the full global rights to develop, manufacture and commercialise a cancer treatment. 4 January 2018
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has rejected Regeneron’s request for a panel rehearing and rehearing en banc in a case centring on inequitable conduct. 2 January 2018
Biotech
The UK’s most prolific inventor for 2017 has been named as Alex Powlesland, a research chemist at British biotech company Immunocore. 22 December 2017
Americas
Shire is attempting to secure a preliminary injunction against two of Roche’s subsidiaries, Genentech and Chugai Pharmaceutical. 20 December 2017
Biotech
The English High Court has ruled that a patent licence can still be exclusive to a licensee when a third party has the option to also take a licence but has not done so. 19 December 2017
Americas
UK-based diagnostics company Oxford Immunotec has settled a patent infringement dispute with Qiagen, a provider of sample and assay technologies for molecular diagnostics. 18 December 2017
Americas
State law cannot force drug makers to participate in the ‘patent dance’ provided for by the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act. 15 December 2017
Biotech
The English High Court has sided with Eli Lilly in holding that its UK-related claims in a patent case can be heard together with its European-based arguments in the UK. 8 December 2017
Americas
An IBM counsel has discussed how companies can harness their IP and gave an overview of the impact of artificial intelligence on healthcare. 7 December 2017
Biotech
Attendees at yesterday’s Life Sciences Patent Network Europe conference learned exactly what in-house counsel want when it comes to private practice lawyers. 7 December 2017