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Americas
Law firm BakerHostetler has hired a new partner to join its Cincinnati and Atlanta offices. 20 July 2017
Pharma
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry and seven other UK and European life sciences bodies have jointly written to the UK and EU Brexit negotiators. 19 July 2017
Pharma
DLA Piper has hired patent litigator Philipp Cepl as a partner in its German patent practice. 17 July 2017
Americas
The US Food and Drug Administration’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee has recommended approval of the first biosimilar version of trastuzumab, a breast cancer-fighting monoclonal antibody. 14 July 2017
Americas
A collaboration between Bill Gates and Intellectual Ventures , in partnership with conglomerate GE, has signed a licensing deal with US diagnostics technology company Access Bio to make and sell tools for “rapidly” identifying asymptomatic malaria. 13 July 2017
Pharma
Precision medicine has come a long way since the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, but how have IP regimes developed in this area, asks Sheena Linehan of Potter Clarkson. 12 July 2017
Biotech
The European Patent Office has reopened cases in which the decision depends entirely on the patentability of plants or animals obtained by an essentially biological process. 11 July 2017
Biotech
More than 120 tons of counterfeit pesticides have been seized during an operation by Europol. 6 July 2017
Biotech
An advice system for labelling products in Mexico has been extended to food and non-alcoholic beverages. Daniel Sanchez and Victor Ramirez of Olivares report on how the regime works in practice. 30 June 2017
Biotech
The formal requirements for priority have become a hot topic at the European Patent Office, driven by their importance in high-profile oppositions to the Broad Institute’s CRISPR/Cas9 patents, as Catherine Coombes of HGF explains. 28 June 2017