Biotech news
Africa
The World Intellectual Property Organization’s Re:Search has launched a new five-year guide to its activities in the fight against neglected tropical diseases, malaria and tuberculosis. 24 May 2017
Biotech
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally decided that Merck Sharp & Dohme operated an anti-competitive discount scheme for its drug Remicade. 24 May 2017
Americas
AbbVie has lost in an inter partes review (IPR) of its rheumatoid arthritis drug Humira. 19 May 2017
Americas
Amgen has set its sights on Coherus Biosciences, a biosimilar maker, for allegedly infringing a patent concerning a process for purifying proteins. 12 May 2017
Americas
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America has cut 22 members based on a new set of membership criteria it introduced on Tuesday, May 9. 11 May 2017
Americas
Baxalta, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shire, has filed a patent infringement complaint against Genentech and Chugai Pharmaceutical. 8 May 2017
Africa
The World Health Organization will launch a pilot project for biosimilars to make costly cancer treatments more widely available in low and middle income countries. 5 May 2017
Americas
The US Patent and Trademark Office won a case against biotech company NantKwest yesterday at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 4 May 2017
Americas
AstraZeneca has entered into a collaboration with biotech company Pieris Pharmaceuticals to develop novel inhaled drugs that expand on Pieris’s Anticalin platform. 4 May 2017
Americas
GSK and biotech company Bluebird Bio have entered into a licence agreement centring on Bluebird’s lentiviral vector platform. 3 May 2017