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Big Pharma
The UK Parliament has voted in favour of the UK’s continued participation in the European Medicines Agency. 23 July 2018
Americas
Allergan and the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe suffered a blow today as the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision rejecting use of tribal sovereign immunity in the inter partes review. 20 July 2018
Americas
Greenberg Traurig announced on Monday, July 16, that it has added Brian Rubenstein as a shareholder in its Philadelphia office. 20 July 2018
Biotechnology
Novartis has signed a global licensing agreement with two biotechnology companies centring on the development of an antibody treatment for inflammatory skin conditions. 20 July 2018
Americas
Sanofi has partnered with biotechnology company Revolution Medicines to develop treatments for multiple cancers. 19 July 2018
Americas
Ropes & Gray has added Charlotte Jacobsen from Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto as a partner in the firm’s life sciences IP litigation practice. 19 July 2018
Americas
US-based law firm Cantor Colburn has hired Bryan Zerhusen as a partner and chair of the firm’s life sciences practice group. 19 July 2018
Americas
The US Food and Drug Administration is not going to play regulatory ‘whack-a-mole’ with companies trying to delay or derail the entry of biosimilar competitors, according to Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the FDA. 19 July 2018
Americas
US-based biopharmaceutical company AbbVie entered into a patent licensing agreement with generics company Mylan yesterday. 18 July 2018
Americas
A CRISPR patent owned by the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT is “unpatentable for indefiniteness”, according to an agriculture biotech company. 18 July 2018