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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
Americas
US-based Catalent, which provides delivery technologies for drugs, has agreed to buy Juniper Pharmaceuticals for $133 million. 4 July 2018
Americas
Biotechnology company Genentech has filed a claim against Eli Lilly, alleging that it has infringed a patent relating to a skin treatment. 4 July 2018
Big Pharma
Novartis has created a platform called Nerve Live that will tap into its “huge data pool” in order to aid drug development. 3 July 2018