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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
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has rejected Jazz Pharmaceuticals’ attempt to revive patents covering its narcolepsy drug Xyrem. 17 July 2018
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit confirmed the validity of two patents covering a testosterone replacement therapy on Friday, July 13, in a win for Bayer Pharma and Endo Pharmaceuticals Solutions. 16 July 2018
Big Pharma
While the UK’s pharmaceutical and biotech industries have welcomed the government’s latest White Paper on Brexit, a number of uncertainties remain, according to lawyers. 16 July 2018
Americas
McDermott Will & Emery has strengthened its IP team with the addition of a former DLA Piper partner. 13 July 2018
Americas
A former employee pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets from what is now the world’s largest chemicals company earlier this week. 13 July 2018
Americas
Dusa Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of India-based generic drug maker Sun Pharma, has accused dermatology-focused company Biofrontera of misappropriating trade secrets. 12 July 2018
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