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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit yesterday affirmed a district court’s order to deny arbitration in a patent infringement case between Illumina and Ariosa Diagnostics. 27 July 2016
Big Pharma
The Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association has agreed a deal with the government that it says will reduce costs paid by the country’s Health Service Executive to facilitate access to new medicines. 26 July 2016
Americas
Law firm Cooley announced yesterday that it is expanding its patent counselling and prosecution practice with the addition of Mika Reiner Mayer’s team from law firm Morrison Foerster. 26 July 2016
Americas
Technology company Philips has bought Wellcentive, a US-based company that provides health management solutions. 25 July 2016
Americas
The US Drug Enforcement Administration has claimed that hundreds of thousands of counterfeit pills containing deadly substances have entered the US drug market. 25 July 2016
Big Pharma
Lukas Hoffmann, grandson of Roche founder Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche, has died at the age of 93. 22 July 2016
Americas
AstraZeneca is suing Aurobindo Pharma for allegedly infringing a patent covering its drug Nexium. 22 July 2016
Americas
Gilead Sciences has successfully transferred a domain name that included the term ‘Sovaldi’, one of the drug maker’s products. 21 July 2016
Americas
Hikma Pharmaceuticals announced yesterday that its US affiliate West-Ward Pharmaceuticals, has launched a generic version of Genentech’s cancer treatment drug Xeloda in the US. 21 July 2016
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The US Food and Drug Administration has given Sandoz a complete response to its Neulasta biosimilar application, in which the application was rejected. 21 July 2016