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National Health Service England has been criticised after announcing its decision that it will not be providing the HIV treatment Truvada, which enables pre-exposure prophylaxis. 2 June 2016
Americas
Law firm Fox Rothschild has hired Patrick Birde, Deborah Somerville and Christopher Glynn as partners in the firm’s intellectual property practice. 2 June 2016
Americas
Jazz Pharmaceuticals, based in Ireland, will buy US company Celator Pharmaceuticals for $1.5 billion in cash. 1 June 2016
Americas
The US Supreme Court has refused to review Cubist Pharmaceuticals’ infringement case over the antibiotic drug Cubicin. 1 June 2016
Americas
Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced that it will buy FEI, an electron microscopy company, for $4.2 billion. 31 May 2016
Americas
Teva and Spectrum Pharmaceuticals have settled a patent dispute over the generic version of Folotyn, a treatment for patients with relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma. 27 May 2016
Americas
Law firm McMillan has hired Stuart Kruger as a partner in the firm’s pharmaceuticals and biotechnology practice in Montreal. 26 May 2016
Americas
Egalet Corporation announced that it has reached an agreement with Purdue Pharma regarding the alleged patent infringements by Egalet and product licensor Acura Pharmaceuticals through Oxaydo tablets. 25 May 2016
Americas
Monsanto has rejected Bayer’s $62 billion buyout offer that would have created the world’s largest agricultural supplier, calling the bid “incomplete and financially inadequate”, but said it was open to negotiate further. 25 May 2016
Big Pharma
Pharmaceutical company Bayer has revealed that it is offering to buy Monsanto for $62 billion. 24 May 2016