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Americas
The US Patent and Trademark Office has granted the University of California its 20th US patent on CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technologies. 2 January 2020
Big Pharma
Sandoz and Momenta have agreed to pay $120 million to bring an antitrust class action over blockbuster blood clot drug enoxaparin to an end. 24 December 2019
Americas
Johnson & Johnson has announced its plan to acquire the remaining stake in Verb Surgical, its robotics venture with Alphabet-owned Verily. 23 December 2019
Americas
Bayer has dropped trade secrets claims against a former employee and rival company, which it had accused of stealing confidential information related to organic fungicides. 23 December 2019
Americas
Canadian pharmaceutical company Bausch Health and India-based Glenmark Pharmaceuticals have resolved their outstanding IP litigation over Bryhali lotion. 23 December 2019
Americas
Dutch supermarket owner Ahold Delhaize has agreed to settle a series of patent infringement suits filed against pharmaceutical companies including Warner Chilcott and Watson over contraceptive pill Loestrin 24 Fe. 19 December 2019
Americas
Syngenta will be allowed to raise claims that Willowood infringed its copyright by copying warning labels on pesticides, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled yesterday, December 18. 19 December 2019
Biotechnology
The Court of Justice of the European Union has today, December 19, outlined the scope of protection held by owners of plant variety rights in a decision involving a variety of mandarin. 19 December 2019
Big Pharma
US-based Eagle Pharmaceuticals has dropped its patent infringement and antitrust claims against Eli Lilly. 18 December 2019
Americas
Nestlé Skin Health will not face claims that it misappropriated trade secrets related to a training platform for teaching medical professionals how to perform facial injections, a US court has ruled. 17 December 2019