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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit yesterday threw out a damages sum of $48 million, some of which had been awarded to Yale University, finding that a lower court did not properly interpret the claims in the disputed patent. 17 March 2015
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Florida-based healthcare company Diabetic Care RX, which operates as Patient Care America, has asked for a declaratory judgment that it does not infringe a patent owned by Pentec Health by providing nutritional supplements to dialysis clinics. 16 March 2015
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An Advocate General in the Court of Justice of the European Union, Niilo Jääskinen, has clarified how the regulation for supplementary protection certificates should be interpreted concerning medicinal products made with a combination of active ingredients. 13 March 2015
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A judge at the US District Court for the District of Delaware has issued a preliminary injunction against CryoLife, finding that the medical device maker’s PerClot Topical haemostatic powder infringes rival company C R Bard’s patent. 12 March 2015
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Japanese company Otsuka Pharmaceutical has sued drugs company Wockhardt for patent infringement at the US District Court for the District of New Jersey. 11 March 2015
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Pharmaceutical company Janssen has sued drugs businesses Celltrion and Hospira in one of the first patent infringement actions brought under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act. 10 March 2015
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The US Supreme Court yesterday refused to hear a case between Californian pharmaceutical company Gilead and India-based Natco that concerns ‘double patenting’. 10 March 2015
Big Pharma
The German Court of Appeal has ruled that Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly’s European “vitamin regimen” patent for lung cancer injection Alimta would not be infringed by Actavis’s generic version. 9 March 2015
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The US Food and Drug Administration approved Sandoz’s cancer product Zarxio on Friday—the first biosimilar to be rubber stamped in the US. 9 March 2015
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Law firm Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson has added a life sciences specialist to its intellectual property litigation practice. 5 March 2015