Biotech news
Pharma
The UK’s House of Commons has launched an investigation into post-Brexit regulatory agreements needed to guarantee the safe and effective supply of medicines and medical devices. 27 September 2017
Americas
Amgen has secured $70 million in damages from a jury in a biosimilar dispute with Hospira. 26 September 2017
Pharma
Recent developments in China’s patent law and practice offer an exciting outlook for the future, said a senior partner at Wanhuida Peksung. 21 September 2017
Americas
White and Williams has strengthened its IP team with the addition of Melissa Nott Davis as counsel in its Boston Office. 21 September 2017
Americas
A settlement has been reached between two former University of California, Davis professors who were found liable for infringing strawberry seed patents and the University of California regarding its strawberry breeding programme. 20 September 2017
Americas
Bayer has teamed up with biotech business Ginkgo Bioworks to focus on developing biotech for sustainable agriculture. 19 September 2017
Americas
Swiss agribusiness Syngenta has secured nearly $1 million of damages in a patent infringement suit it brought against pesticide maker Willowood. 15 September 2017
Americas
The Indiana Bioscience Research Institute (IBRI) ,a non-profit research organisation, has partnered with four Indiana-based universities to license life sciences technologies. 11 September 2017
Americas
Pierce Atwood has appointed MaryDilys Anderson as a patent partner in the firm’s Portsmouth, New Hampshire office. 11 September 2017
Americas
Two biotech associations have filed litigation in a district court challenging the provisions of a Nevada law, saying it violates patent rights. 7 September 2017