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Americas
US-based Alexion Pharmaceuticals has announced its plan to acquire Syntimmune, a clinical-stage biotechnology company. 1 October 2018
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US company KSQ Therapeutics, a specialist in using CRISPR for drug development, has raised $80 million in series C funding. 28 September 2018
Americas
A Brazilian federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction against a patent for US-based Gilead’s Sovaldi drug, used to treat hepatitis C, following a complaint by a presidential candidate. 27 September 2018
Americas
Gilead is set to produce cheaper authorised generic versions of its branded hepatitis C treatments from 2019. 26 September 2018
Americas
US-based Encoditech yesterday accused a Roche subsidiary of infringing a patent related to wireless communication. 26 September 2018
Biotechnology
Big data presents an array of opportunities for the pharmaceutical industry, but companies must be careful who they partner with, said Myra McCormack, associate patent counsel at Johnson & Johnson, yesterday. 26 September 2018
Americas
‘Evergreening’, ‘delinking’ and a UN report on access to medicines were all up for debate yesterday, during a panel session at the 2018 AIPPI World Congress in Cancún, Mexico. 26 September 2018
Americas
The inter partes review process has had a huge impact on biosimilar litigation, but it isn’t truly fulfilling its goal of being an alternative to district court litigation. 26 September 2018
Americas
DLA Piper has added two partners from Hogan Lovells to its IP and technology practice in New York. 25 September 2018
Big Pharma
The World Intellectual Property Organization and the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations today launched an online tool designed to provide information on medical patents. 25 September 2018