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Africa
Biotech was the only technology area out of 12 studied that has shown a global decline in its year-on-year innovation, declining by 2%, according to the “2016 State of Innovation Report: Disruptive, Game-Changing Innovation” by Thomson Reuters. 16 May 2016
Big Pharma
The UK government’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has conducted an operation into counterfeit and unlicensed erectile dysfunction medicines across London. 16 May 2016
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has refused to review an earlier ruling that invalidated a patent owned by Howmedica Osteonics in the company’s dispute with medical device company Zimmer. 13 May 2016
Americas
US-based Heritage Pharmaceuticals has warned customers that a counterfeit of a brain cancer treatment drug it owns is being sold abroad. 12 May 2016
Big Pharma
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry and the BioIndustry Association have said they want the UK to remain in Europe. 11 May 2016
Asia-Pacific
Gilead has been granted a patent for its hepatitis C drug Sovaldi in India, despite concerns over the cost of the drug. 10 May 2016
Americas
Pharmaceutical company Sanofi has failed to transfer the domain name sanofi.xin, despite the fact it has a registered trademark for exactly the same term. 9 May 2016
Americas
The US Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that pharmaceutical company Hikma’s buyout of Roxane Laboratories and Boehringer Ingelheim Roxane would be anticompetitive. 6 May 2016
Americas
AstraZeneca has completed its acquisition of pharmaceutical company Takeda’s respiratory business. 5 May 2016
Americas
Pharmaceutical company Allergan has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to launch a generic version of a cholesterol drug owned by AstraZeneca. 5 May 2016