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Americas
Vanessa Yen has joined King & Spalding's trial and global disputes practice group as a partner after leaving Paul Hastings. 30 July 2018
Americas
Actor Clint Eastwood has gone to war against a medical company which he claims took patents covering an antioxidant from an inventor. 27 July 2018
Americas
GSK revealed its new approach to research and development earlier this week, including a partnership with DNA testing company 23andMe. 27 July 2018
Biotechnology
Genome-editing techniques, including CRISPR/Cas9, will be subject to more stringent regulations after a ruling from Europe’s highest court yesterday. 26 July 2018
Asia
In India, a non-profit organisation and an advocacy group have united to take on a patent covering pibrentasvir, part of the drug combination that forms AbbVie’s hepatitis C product Mavyret. 26 July 2018
Big Pharma
Earlier today, the Court of Justice of the European Union clarified when a product is ‘protected by a basic patent’ within the meaning of article 3(a) of the SPC regulation. 25 July 2018
Americas
California-based Sangamo Therapeutics has acquired biotech company TxCell for approximately €72 million. 25 July 2018
Americas
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has rejected another challenge to a Gilead-owned patent covering the company’s hepatitis C medicines. 24 July 2018
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s ruling that tribal sovereign immunity doesn’t apply in inter partes review proceedings has sparked questions over state protections at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. 24 July 2018
Americas
Biopharmaceutical company Kite, a subsidiary of Gilead, and immunotherapy development company Gadeta announced on Thursday, July 19 that they have entered into a strategic collaboration to produce cancer therapies. 23 July 2018