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Americas
Law firm McDermott Will & Emery has hired Edward Gordon as a partner in the firm’s intellectual property practice in Boston. 4 July 2016
Americas
Genzyme has sued Zydus Pharmaceuticals in a lawsuit that claims that the company has infringed two of its patents. 1 July 2016
Americas
NuVasive, a medical device company focused on spinal surgery, has agreed to settle its patent dispute with Medtronic. 1 July 2016
Americas
AstraZeneca has sued the US Food and Drug Administration, asking a court to prevent the FDA from approving any generic version of Crestor, which is due to expire on July 8 this year. 30 June 2016
Americas
The Biotechnology Innovation Organisation has welcomed Hillary Clinton’s plans to improve the US’s patent system. 30 June 2016
Americas
BTG International and Janssen have sued Glenmark Pharmaceuticals claiming it has infringed a patent covering the Zytiga drug. 29 June 2016
Asia
Indonesian lawmakers have announced that hospitals and health clinics are being investigated by authorities after police exposed a group selling fake vaccines aimed at children for more than a decade. 29 June 2016
Big Pharma
Following the result of the UK’s referendum on membership of the EU, pharmaceutical companies have yet to find out how this will affect their businesses. 28 June 2016
Americas
The US Supreme Court announced yesterday that it has agreed to hear a patent infringement case between Promega and Life Technologies centring on DNA testing kits used to analyse genetic differences between people. 28 June 2016
Americas
The US Supreme Court has today made its decision to deny a review of the patent dispute between Sequenom and Ariosa Diagnostics over a patent covering pre-natal testing. 27 June 2016