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Big Pharma
Trademarks covering Bayer’s branded Aspirin were at the centre of an appeal dismissed by the EU General Court yesterday. 25 October 2018
Europe
The Munich District Court in Germany has found that sleep masks produced by Fisher & Paykel Healthcare infringe a European patent owned by ResMed. 24 October 2018
Americas
The US Federal Trade Commission yesterday said that Teva Pharmaceuticals has asked the commission to reopen and modify its decision and order regarding the 2012 merger of Actavis and Watson Pharmaceuticals. 24 October 2018
Americas
Maryland-based United Therapeutics has inked a licence, development and commercialisation agreement with CollPlant, an Israeli biotech company, for 3D bioprinted lung transplants. 23 October 2018
Americas
In a blow to Allergan and the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit yesterday refused to reconsider an earlier decision that rejected use of tribal sovereign immunity in inter partes reviews. 23 October 2018
Americas
Novartis is planning to acquire Endocyte, an Indiana-based biotech, to accelerate its development of radiopharmaceuticals. 22 October 2018
Americas
AbbVie has announced that it has entered into a licensing deal with Germany-based pharmaceutical company Fresenius Kabi. 22 October 2018
Americas
Amgen has invested £50 million ($66 million) in Oxford Nanopore Technologies, a UK company specialising in DNA/RNA sequencing technology. 19 October 2018
Big Pharma
The supplementary protection certificate manufacturing waiver “sends a worrying global signal that the EU is weakening its IP framework”, according to the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA). 18 October 2018
Americas
The US Food and Drug Administration has announced that it has partnered with the US Department of Homeland Security as part of the FDA’s aim to strengthen cybersecurity in healthcare. 18 October 2018