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Americas
A physician at Aurora Health Care has filed patent infringement complaints against Boston Scientific, St Jude Medical and Abbott Laboratories. 14 March 2017
Americas
Amgen has said in a brief filed at the US Supreme Court that Sandoz “attempts to undermine” the balance between innovation and consumer interests. 14 March 2017
Americas
Speciality pharmaceutical company Supernus has settled patent disputes over Trokendi XR, a treatment for partial seizures, with US-based Zydus Pharmaceuticals and Actavis Laboratories. 13 March 2017
Americas
Pharmaceutical company Neos Therapeutics has entered into a licence agreement with Shire under which Neos has been granted a non-exclusive licence to certain patents. 13 March 2017
Americas
Law firm Perkins Coie has appointed James Hill as a partner in the IP practice in the life sciences industry group. 10 March 2017
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has said it won’t review a writ filed by Illumina and its subsidiary Verinata Health in a patent dispute with Ariosa Diagnostics. 10 March 2017
Americas
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board upheld Acorda Therapeutics’ patents covering the drug Ampyra in a case against Kyle Bass’s Coalition for Affordable Drugs in a decision handed down yesterday. 10 March 2017
Americas
A jury at the US District Court for the District of Delaware has decided that medical technologies company C R Bard has not infringed a patent owned by W L Gore Associates, a company specialising in products derived from fluoropolymers. 9 March 2017
Americas
US-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals has agreed to acquire a potential treatment for cystic fibrosis from Concert Pharmaceuticals, also in the US, for $160 million. 9 March 2017
Asia
Bayer has been defeated in a patent battle against India-based drugs companies Alembic Pharmaceuticals and Natco Pharma today. 8 March 2017