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Big Pharma
Novartis Pharmaceuticals has launched a lawsuit against generics company Zydus Noveltech and its subsidiaries, accusing them of infringing patents relating to a drug used to treat Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. 28 August 2014
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit yesterday (August 21) upheld a lower court’s decision that a patent covering rheumatoid arthritis drug Humira (adalimumab) is invalid. 22 August 2014
Americas
The molecular diagnostic testing company GeneDx has petitioned the US Patent and Trademark Office to invalidate 11 patents asserted by Myriad in a lawsuit filed against GeneDx in October 2013. 21 August 2014
Americas
The US District Court for the District of New Jersey has ruled that Actavis may not launch a generic version of California-based Depomed’s Gralise (gabapentin), it has been announced. 21 August 2014
Americas
Andrew Serafini, a specialist in IP in the life sciences sector, has joined Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP. 20 August 2014
Americas
Illinois-based drug company Hospira has sued the FDA, challenging its recent decision to approve generic versions of Precedex (dexmedetomidine hydrochloride). 20 August 2014
Americas
Actavis-owned pharmaceutical company Forest, along with US-based Adamas Pharmaceuticals, has sued Indian generic drug maker Lupin for infringing seven patents directed to its Alzheimer’s drug Namenda XR (memantine hydrochloride), a once daily version of Namenda. 19 August 2014
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s ruling that an Apotex patent covering a method of making a drug is unenforceable due to inequitable conduct by the company’s founder and chairman Bernard Sherman. 18 August 2014
Americas
PhRMA has voiced concerns about the FDA’s draft guidance on biosimilars, which it suggests if enacted, could have an impact on the safety of biosimilar products. 15 August 2014
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has refused to grant an en banc review of its ruling that cloned animals made by methods that produced Dolly the sheep cannot be patented, according to Law360. 14 August 2014