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Big Pharma
The Delhi High Court has refused to grant AstraZeneca an injunction against the manufacture and sale of dapagliflozin by a group of India-based pharmaceutical companies. 24 November 2020
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejected GlaxoSmithKline’s challenge of a $107 million verdict which found the drugmaker had infringed a dry-powder inhaler patent. 20 November 2020
Americas
US cardiovascular therapies company Medicure has settled a patent infringement dispute with rival Nexus Pharmaceuticals. 20 November 2020
Big Pharma
A subsidiary of Siemens AG has accused a former vice president of stealing trade secrets related to heart catheter devices to assist his new employer, NuVera Medical, in developing a rival product. 19 November 2020
Americas
The US Federal Trade Commission and AbbVie both want a federal appeals court to rehear a lawsuit accusing the drug company of quashing competition through sham patent litigation. 18 November 2020
Americas
Patent law experts and pharmaceutical companies have lent their support to Merck Sharp & Dohme in its effort to confirm the patent-eligibility of genus claims at the US Supreme Court. 18 November 2020
Big Pharma
The first woman to act as executive director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has officially started in the role. 18 November 2020
Americas
Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca have asked the US District Court for the District of Delaware for a declaration that their breast cancer treatment does not infringe a chemotherapy patent owned by biotechnology company Seagen. 18 November 2020
Big Pharma
In response to the surge of COVID-19 infections worldwide, 18 generic drug makers have pledged to join the effort by the Medicines Patent Pool to accelerate global access to effective COVID-19 treatments via a pool for voluntary product licences. 17 November 2020
Big Pharma
German chemicals company BASF has failed to persuade the UK Intellectual Property Office that an applied-for trademark to cover agricultural chemicals is confusingly similar to its own existing trademark. 17 November 2020