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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
Americas
Pharmaceutical companies AbbVie and Besins Healthcare have been ordered to pay the US Federal Trade Commission $448 million for using “sham litigation” to block access to generic versions of a testosterone drug. 2 July 2018
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled that a passing mention in the prior art of a formulation that references the claimed ingredient and administration may not be enough to invalidate a patent claim. 2 July 2018
Americas
Holland & Hart has added Loren Hulse as a partner to the firm’s Salt Lake City office. 2 July 2018
Europe
Private equity investor Advent International has agreed to acquire France-based Sanofi's European generics business Zentiva. 29 June 2018
Big Pharma
Mathys & Squire has added Peter Arch and Craig Titmus to the firm’s partnership. 29 June 2018