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Americas
Law firm Mishcon de Reya has hired David Rose as a partner in the firm’s intellectual property group in London. 11 April 2016
Americas
The North Carolina Central University School of Law is planning to launch an intellectual property institute designed to provide expertise and training in areas related to science, technology, engineering and maths. 8 April 2016
Americas
Pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Allergan have terminated a proposed merger. 7 April 2016
Biotechnology
Law firm Boult Wade Tennant has hired Jason Rutt as an attorney in the firm’s biotechnology and life sciences group in London. 7 April 2016
Americas
Law firm DLA Piper has hired James Czaban as a partner in the firm’s government affairs practice and chair of the firm’s US Food and Drug Administration group in Washington, DC. 7 April 2016
Asia
MRC Technology and the Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences have agreed a partnership that will help develop new therapeutic antibodies. 6 April 2016
Americas
A US man who sold counterfeit erectile dysfunction medications including Viagra online has been jailed for a year and a day. 6 April 2016
Americas
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a biosimilar version of Janssen Biotech’s drug Remicade. 6 April 2016
Americas
Pharmaceutical company Millennium Pharmaceuticals has sued Actavis, accusing it of infringing a patent covering a drug used to treat myeloma and mantle cell lymphoma. 5 April 2016
Asia
Law firm Foley & Lardner has expanded its intellectual property department and its chemical, biotechnology and pharmaceutical practice by hiring Philippe Riesen as a partner. 5 April 2016