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Big Pharma
A German court has rejected a bid from French pharmaceutical company Sanofi to have a patent infringement case dismissed. 5 June 2019
Genetics
Danish research company Bioneer has secured a non-exclusive licence to CRISPR/Cas9 technology owned by French geneticist Emmanuelle Charpentier. 4 June 2019
Big Pharma
A Japanese court has dismissed a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Roche subsidiary Genentech against Sandoz, a division of Novartis. 4 June 2019
Big Pharma
The US Food and Drug Administration has sent a warning letter to a stem cell company for marketing a number of unapproved treatments for a variety of life-threatening conditions. 4 June 2019
Americas
American pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly has secured an exclusive licence for a non-opioid, non-addictive chronic pain treatment from Boston-based biotech company Centrexion Therapeutics. 3 June 2019
Americas
The University of California has settled a dispute over the use of a diagnostic tool in graduate research projects. 31 May 2019
Big Pharma
German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim has entered into a second licence and collaboration agreement with Danish biotech company Gubra for the development of an obesity treatment. 30 May 2019
Americas
US biotechnology company Celgene has taken legal action against the registrant of a domain name which allegedly infringes Celgene’s trademarks. 30 May 2019
Europe
Biopharmaceutical company Sensorion has entered into a research collaboration with French research body Institut Pasteur. 29 May 2019
Biotechnology
A subsidiary of China-based genome sequencing company BGI has filed a patent infringement suit against a US competitor. 29 May 2019