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Americas
Nuvo Pharmaceuticals has acquired the rights covering more than 20 drugs from fellow Canadian company Aralez Pharmaceuticals.   2 January 2019
Americas
Ariosa Diagnostics, a subsidiary of Swiss healthcare firm Roche, has won a patent dispute with American biotechnology firm Illumina.   2 January 2019
Big Pharma
A US district court has invalidated two patents owned by American pharmaceutical firm Hospira, in a victory for German healthcare company Fresenius Kabi.   21 December 2018
Americas
Pharmaceutical companies GSK and Pfizer yesterday announced that they will combine their consumer health businesses into a new joint venture with sales of approximately £9.8 billion ($12.7 billion).   20 December 2018
Big Pharma
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved an application by pharmaceutical company Teva to re-open and modify its decision and order regarding the 2012 merger of Actavis and Watson Pharmaceuticals.   19 December 2018
Medtech
The US Food and Drug Administration has announced a new programme to boost the innovation of safer medical devices and breakthrough technologies.   19 December 2018
Americas
John Zurawski has joined Ballard Spahr as a partner in Philadelphia, after spending more than two years at McCarter & English.   19 December 2018
Americas
The University of Wisconsin’s licensing arm, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, “improperly favoured” its own interests in breach of a contract related to patent licensing, according to Senior District Judge Joseph Bataillon.   19 December 2018
Medtech
Medical supplies company Wright Medical has lost its appeal for attorneys’ fees despite winning a patent dispute against medical technology provider Spineology.   18 December 2018
Biotechnology
Pfizer and Seattle-based biotech company Kineta Immuno-Oncology have signed a research and licensing agreement worth a potential $520 million.   18 December 2018