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Americas
British drugmaker Vectura has succeeded in its patent litigation against fellow UK pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline over a series of drugs delivered through GSK’s ‘Ellipta’ dry powder inhaler. 7 May 2019
Asia
PepsiCo India is withdrawing its lawsuits against nine farmers in the Gujarat region who it accused of growing a protected variety of potato used to make the company’s ‘Lay’s’ brand of crisps. 7 May 2019
Big Pharma
The National Health Service, the UK’s government-run health system, has partnered with Gilead Sciences, Merck Sharp and Dohme and AbbVie to help eliminate hepatitis C in England. 3 May 2019
Biotechnology
A judge has dismissed actor Clint Eastwood’s motion to gain ownership over two diabetes patents currently assigned to Molecular Defenses Corporation. 2 May 2019
Big Pharma
AstraZeneca has begun collaborating with UK-headquartered artificial intelligence company BenevolentAI to use AI and machine learning for the discovery and development of new treatments. 2 May 2019
Big Pharma
Amgen and Roche have filed a joint patent infringement claim against Samsung’s biopharmaceutical company Bioepis. 1 May 2019
Big Pharma
A division of Novartis has entered into an agreement with Taiwan-based EirGenix to market a medicine which treats some cancer tumours. 1 May 2019
Asia
PepsiCo India is attempting to settle a lawsuit against four Indian farmers who the food and drink company say infringed its IP by growing a protected variety of potato. 30 April 2019
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has rejected Medtronic’s attempt to revisit a ruling that lumbered the medical device company with a $23 million loss. 30 April 2019
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a series of Patent Trial and Appeal Board inter partes reviews, which upheld a patent owned by Eli Lilly late last week. 29 April 2019