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Colombia’s health ministry has warned Novartis that it might override a patent that the company owns covering cancer drug Gleevec. 20 May 2016
Americas
Law firm Lathrop & Gage has hired Alan Steele as a counsel in its intellectual property practice group in Boston. 19 May 2016
Europe
Bayer and ERS Genomics have signed a patent licensing agreement which gives Bayer access to ERS’s CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing patents. 19 May 2016
Americas
Amgen has sued Sandoz for allegedly infringing two patents related to cancer drug Neulasta, following Sandoz’s plans to sell a biosimilar version of the drug. 19 May 2016
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US-based law firm Burns & Levinson has hired Shawn Foley as of counsel in the firm’s intellectual property practice in Boston. 19 May 2016
Americas
Pfizer has announced that it will be buying Anacor Pharmaceuticals for $5.2 billion, which will lead to it adding an experimental treatment for eczema, called Crisaborole, to its portfolio. 18 May 2016
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The US Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board will review one of AbbVie’s patents covering its arthritis treatment drug Humira (adalimumab), following a challenge by drug maker Coherus Bioscience. 18 May 2016
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Jazz Pharmaceuticals has dropped its claims against Ranbaxy, Sun Pharmaceutical and Ohm in a patent infringement case involving narcolepsy drug Xyrem. 18 May 2016
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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that Glenmark Pharmaceuticals infringed a Bayer Healthcare patent for the rosacea treatment Finacea. 18 May 2016
Americas
Thermo Fisher Scientific has agreed a $35 million settlement with Enzo Biochem in a patent infringement fight in a Delaware federal court over a pair of DNA testing patents. 17 May 2016