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US pharmaceutical company Orexigen Therapeutics has won a patent infringement case against Actavis Laboratories after suing the company over weight loss pill Contrave (naltrexone HCl/bupropion HCl extended release). 16 October 2017
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Irish biopharmaceutical company Amarin has continued a patent battle over its fish oil product Vascepa (icosapent ethyl), with a lawsuit targeting Teva in Nevada. 16 October 2017
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Allergan and InnoPharma settled patent litigation over Restasis (cyclosporine ophthalmic emulsion) yesterday, October 12, leaving three defendants still involved in a much publicised case. 13 October 2017
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Allergan has until tomorrow, Friday October 13, to address the question of whether its patent licensing deal with a Native American tribe was a sham. 12 October 2017
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Pharmaceutical company Sanofi has announced it is investing €170 million ($202 million) to expand an influenza vaccine production facility in France. 12 October 2017
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Pfizer has revealed it is considering selling off its Consumer Healthcare business, a billion dollar over-the-counter company. 12 October 2017
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The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT has committed itself to tackling complex therapeutic challenges concerning unmet medical needs, while also signing a deal on technology. 12 October 2017
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Allograft tissue provider Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation , a non-profit organisation, has announced that its patent dispute with biopharmaceutical company MiMedx will go to trial early next year. 11 October 2017
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US-based law firm Phelps Dunbar has appointed Fenita Morris-Shepard as a counsel in its life sciences practice. 10 October 2017
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Purdue Pharma has sued Collegium Pharmaceutical, in the latest development in a continuing patent infringement dispute centring on Purdue’s painkiller drug OxyContin. 10 October 2017