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Big Pharma
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concluded that a New York judge had rushed to grant summary judgment in an inventorship dispute between Ferring and Allergan. 11 November 2020
Americas
A coronavirus vaccine unveiled by pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech can potentially prevent more than 90% of people from getting COVID-19, it has been announced. 10 November 2020
Americas
The European Patent Office has released the long-awaited reasoning for its decision to uphold the revocation of a Broad Institute CRISPR/Cas9 patent.
In January this year, the EPO’s Board of Appeal concluded that the Broad’s patent, EP2,771,468, lacked novelty due to an invalid claim to priority.
The EPO dealt with three questions in its reasoning. 9 November 2020
Big Pharma
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has narrowed the landscape in which patent infringement suits over generic drugs suits can be filed, in a ruling handed down yesterday, November 5. 6 November 2020
Biotechnology
Australia has secured 40 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate in a deal with US biotechnology company Novavax. 5 November 2020
Big Pharma
Biopharmaceutical company, Abbott Laboratories, has successfully obtained a restraining order against its former vice-president of global marketing, whom it has accused of stealing trade secrets relating to COVID-19 products. 5 November 2020
Americas
Gilead Sciences has claimed that a group of Florida-based healthcare clinics, pharmacies, and lab testing facilities have “wrongfully captured tens of millions of dollars” through a fraudulent programme. 4 November 2020
Americas
US federal agencies are to step up their cooperation on stemming the flow of counterfeit drugs, medical devices, and dietary supplements into the country through the international mail system. 3 November 2020
Americas
Health technology company Philips has accused Boston Scientific of infringing six patents through the sale of its Polaris guidance system and related medical devices. 3 November 2020