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The UK government has revealed plans to provide £29 million ($36 million) of funding to the Roslin Institute, part of the University of Edinburgh. 12 April 2017
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The 2017 “Drugs to Watch” report predicts that eight new drugs will enter the market this year and each achieve $1 billion in annual sales by 2021. 12 April 2017
Americas
Law firm Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie has hired Elie Gendloff as of counsel in the firm’s IP practice group in Los Angeles. 10 April 2017
Americas
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and European Commission have cleared the merger of generic pesticide producer China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina) and crop business Syngenta. 6 April 2017
Americas
Law firm Michael Best has opened a new office in Raleigh, North Carolina, where the chair of its life sciences industry group Lisa Mueller will serve as office managing partner. 6 April 2017
Americas
Law firm Schiff Hardin has hired a new partner to its global generic pharmaceuticals practice. 5 April 2017
Americas
The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System and cancer research company Gensetix have filed a patent complaint against Baylor College of Medicine, Diakonos Research and an inventor called William Decker. 5 April 2017
Biotech
European developments surrounding the patentability of plants and animals have become rather political, but there are ways for patentees to mitigate the effects of political influence over the patenting process, writes Jane Wainwright of Potter Clarkson. 4 April 2017
Asia
Agriculture company Monsanto has lost a patent and trademark dispute against Indian agribusiness Nuziveedu Seeds. 30 March 2017
Pharma
"The disadvantage of going for an Arrow declaration is that you have to put all your cards on the table," says Lorna Brazell of Osborne Clarke. 30 March 2017