Biotech news
Asia
The Indian Patent Office has approved pharmaceutical company Pfizer’s application to patent its Prevenar 13 (pneumococcal 7-valent conjugate) drug, despite claims by Médecins Sans Frontières that it is too obvious. 24 August 2017
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has rejected a request by Amgen to compel discovery from Hospira over a biosimilar. 11 August 2017
Americas
The US International Trade Commission has instituted a probe into CSL Behring, a biopharmaceutical company. 10 August 2017
Americas
Biopharma company Coherus BioSciences has filed a petition for inter partes review of a patent controlled by Amgen. 8 August 2017
Americas
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton has hired Kandace Watson, a lawyer with experience representing companies in complex transactions in IP-intensive industries. 2 August 2017
Americas
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) has taken AstraZeneca to court over the alleged infringement of a patent for cancer treatment. 1 August 2017
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed a ruling of a lower court that found a patent owned by Regeneron unenforceable because of the biotech company’s inequitable conduct. 28 July 2017
Americas
Clinical-stage biotech company Juno Therapeutics has not taken kindly to another business using its name. 26 July 2017
Pharma
Medical research charity LifeArc has agreed to provide a range of technology transfer services to the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. 25 July 2017
Americas
Abbott Laboratories has settled its dispute with a Florida-based pharmacy accused of selling grey market goods. 21 July 2017