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Americas
Astellas is set to buy US-based Audentes Therapeutics for approximately $3 billion, as the Japanese pharmaceutical company looks to boost its gene therapy expertise. 5 December 2019
Americas
Barnes & Thornburg has recruited a new life sciences patent group from the IP boutique Brinks, Gilson & Lione. 3 December 2019
Big Pharma
The Trump administration is considering shortening the period that big pharma companies’ biologic drugs are protected by marketing exclusivity from biosimilar competition. 3 December 2019
Americas
Genus Lifesciences is suing pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt for misusing trade secrets related to a cocaine hydrochloride formulation. 3 December 2019
Americas
California-based Bio-Rad Laboratories has obtained an injunction from a German court in its long-running dispute with US biotechnology company 10x Genomics. 3 December 2019
Big Pharma
China has added 70 medicines to its national medical insurance catalogue, which will reduce the cost of the drugs by more than 60% on average, the National Healthcare Security Administration has said. 2 December 2019
Big Pharma
Japanese pharmaceutical conglomerate Asahi Kasei has announced it will acquire Danish company Veloxis Pharmaceuticals for $1.3 billion. 28 November 2019
Big Pharma
Amgen and Coherus Biosciences have settled a patent infringement dispute, after Coherus claimed that Amgen was infringing three of its patents. 28 November 2019
Medtech
A US district court has partially granted medical devices maker Nevro’s motion to dismiss patent infringement claims against the company by a competitor, Boston Scientific. 28 November 2019
Asia
The Japan Patent Office and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore have each granted Merck KGaA a patent covering the use of paired CRISPR nickases. 27 November 2019