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California has become the first US state to ban pay-for-delay deals in the pharmaceutical industry. 9 October 2019
Big Pharma
The English High Court has sided with pharmaceutical company Vectura and Novartis-owned Sandoz in a passing off lawsuit brought by rival GSK. 8 October 2019
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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit last week reversed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision, which found that claims in an OSI Pharmaceuticals patent for cancer treatment were obvious. 7 October 2019
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A US subsidiary of Chinese genome sequencing company BGI has filed a patent infringement counterclaim against Illumina. 4 October 2019
Americas
Goldfinch Bio, a US company focused on developing treatments for kidney disease, has agreed to license a cannabinoid receptor 1 antibody from Japanese pharmaceutical manufacturer Takeda. 4 October 2019
Big Pharma
Novartis has teamed with Microsoft to launch a new artificial intelligence innovation lab, which it says has the potential to “transform” and “reimagine” medicine. 3 October 2019
Americas
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a new CRISPR-Cas9 patent to the University of California (UC), the University of Vienna and Emmanuelle Charpentier, marking the fifth consecutive week that the USPTO has approved a new patent in their CRISPR portfolio. 3 October 2019
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Canadian pharmaceutical company Bausch Health is suing Sandoz for patent infringement over its notice of intent to release a generic version of Xifaxan, Bausch’s irritable bowel syndrome drug. 3 October 2019
Americas
Evolve BioSystems and the University of California have jointly sued Abbott Laboratories for patent infringement over a soon-to-be-launched probiotic product. 3 October 2019
Big Pharma
The US Food and Drug Administration and Drug Enforcement Administration have issued joint warning letters to four online networks which allegedly sell unapproved and misbranded versions of medicines. 1 October 2019