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Americas
Bayer AG has agreed to buy New Jersey-based Merck’s consumer care business for $14.2 billion, the companies announced today (May 6). 6 May 2014
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Allergan, along with Japan-based Senju and Kyorin have sued Indian pharma Aurobindo for infringing claims in the Japanese pharmaceutical companies’ reexamined US patent 6,333,045. 6 May 2014
Asia
Patent protection in the pharmaceutical sector in India has raised “serious” concerns, the US government said yesterday, April 30, in its annual Special 301 Report. 1 May 2014
Americas
Cephalon has filed another lawsuit to protect its chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma treatment Treanda (bendamustine hydrochloride), this time against Canadian pharmaceutical company Uman Pharma. 1 May 2014
Europe
HGF has promoted Mike Nelson to partner. He joined the firm last year to work with the pharmaceutical and chemistry teams after arriving from AstraZeneca. 1 May 2014
Americas
Actavis has entered into an agreement with Pfizer to settle all outstanding patent litigation related to Pfizer’s arthritis drug Celebrex (celecoxib). 29 April 2014
Americas
AstraZeneca’s portfolio does not appear to offer a long pipeline of marketed products with long periods of exclusivity, says Jason Rutt, head of the patents group at Rouse in London and former head of Pfizer’s UK patent department. 28 April 2014
Americas
Pfizer’s associate general counsel, Justin McCarthy, has sent a letter to India’s ambassador to the US, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, urging the Indian government to “shift from using destructive IP policy as an access strategy,” according to reports. 25 April 2014
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has thrown out a lower court ruling that found Natco Pharma infringed a patent covering Roche’s flu drug Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate). 25 April 2014
Big Pharma
Novartis and GSK have agreed to create a consumer healthcare business in a joint venture that involves the exchange of assets worth billions of dollars. 23 April 2014