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Americas
The founder of a Canadian online pharmacy has been sentenced to house arrest and his company fined $34 million for importing counterfeit drugs into the US. 16 April 2018
Americas
Vanda Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company based in Washington, DC, secured a win late last week when the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found a patent covering its schizophrenia drug to be patentable. 16 April 2018
Big Pharma
Ireland-based Cosmo Pharmaceuticals has lost a legal battle against Valeant Pharmaceuticals, costing it $3 million. 16 April 2018
Americas
Orchard Therapeutics has acquired GSK’s gene therapy portfolio, in an agreement intended to advance Orchard’s work in the field of rare diseases and allow GSK to focus on oncology. 13 April 2018
Asia
Japan-based Chugai Pharmaceuticals has announced it has withdrawn its patent infringement claim against generic anti-cancer business Nippon Kayaku. 12 April 2018
Americas
The US Federal Trade Commission is to appeal against a court’s decision to dismiss its competition complaint against Shire ViroPharma, a subsidiary of pharmaceutical company Shire. 12 April 2018
Asia
Agriculture company Monsanto suffered a loss in India yesterday when the High Court of Delhi concluded that the company’s patent on genetically modified cotton seeds is not valid. 12 April 2018
Americas
Imaging technology company Bracco Diagnostics has accused a radiopharmaceutical company’s image generator of patent infringement, according to a complaint at the US International Trade Commission. 11 April 2018
Americas
Eli Lilly is attempting to stop a Chinese company from manufacturing a generic version of blockbuster drug Cialis. 10 April 2018
Americas
Swiss drug maker Novartis is set to strengthen its gene therapy expertise with the $8.7 billion addition of Nasdaq-listed AveXis to its portfolio. 10 April 2018