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Asia
A government-appointed panel in India is preparing to evaluate more patented drugs for local generic pharmaceutical companies to mimic, according to reports. 24 January 2014
Big Pharma
Pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk has left a group of pharmaceutical companies that are unhappy with proposed drug laws in South Africa. 23 January 2014
Asia
Teva has agreed to acquire pharmaceutical company NuPathe for $144 million. 23 January 2014
Americas
The US Supreme Court has ruled that when licensees seek a declaratory judgement of non-infringement, the patentee bears the burden of proof to show infringement. 22 January 2014
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld a ruling which found that the US Patent and Trademark Office had been incorrectly calculating Patent Term Adjustment lengths. 21 January 2014
Americas
On January 17, Actavis confirmed that the US District Court for the District of New Jersey found its US patent 7,704,984, which covers Lo Loestrin Fe birth control pills, to be valid and infringed by Lupin and Amneal. 21 January 2014
Asia
Aurobindo’s European subsidiary is set to acquire Actavis’s commercial generic operations in seven Western European markets in a deal worth about €30 million ($40 million). 20 January 2014
Big Pharma
UK IP firm HGF Limited has appointed Stephanie Loeffler as a partner in its London office. 17 January 2014
Americas
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation secured another victory against its transcatheter heart valve rival Medtronic, whose CoreValve product was found to wilfully infringe one of Edwards’ patents in a verdict handed down on January 15. 17 January 2014
Big Pharma
South African drug companies have been accused by advocacy organisations of planning a "deceptive" campaign to delay new laws which could see the introduction of more generic medicines. 17 January 2014