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Biotechnology
Europol has seized 360 tonnes of counterfeit or illegal pesticides across Europe over the course of 20 days, in what the agency has deemed its largest-ever haul of fake pesticides. 12 July 2018
Big Pharma
The European Medicines Agency has expressed concerns about how prepared medical marketing authorisation holders are for when the UK leaves the EU. 11 July 2018
Americas
The US Federal Trade Commission has issued a final approval of Amneal’s $1.45 billion acquisition of Impax. 11 July 2018
Big Pharma
The Paris Court of Appeal has refused to grant Merck Sharp & Dohme a preliminary injunction based on a supplementary protection certificate against French pharmaceutical company Biogaran. 10 July 2018
Americas
King & Spalding has boosted its IP practice with two new partners in its trial and global disputes practice group in New York. 10 July 2018
Americas
A medical technology trade association has warned that the US tariffs recently implemented in response to Chinese IP theft may hinder patient access to life-saving technologies. 9 July 2018
Americas
Pharmaceutical company Sunovion, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Dainippon, has settled a patent infringement claim it filed against MSN Laboratories and Sandoz. 6 July 2018
Americas
The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT has expanded its partnership with German pharmaceutical company Bayer to develop new therapies for heart failure. 6 July 2018
Asia-Pacific
France-based Sanofi has announced plans to launch a research and development hub in China to focus on digitalisation and big data analysis. 5 July 2018
Americas
A former employee of chemical company DuPont has been charged with stealing trade secrets related to DuPont’s ethanol fuel enzyme business. 5 July 2018