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Big Pharma
On August 5, Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche signed an agreement with the MPP to increase access to its drug valganciclovir (Valcyte), an oral medicine for the treatment of preventable viral infection cytomegalovirus (CMV). 5 August 2013
Asia-Pacific
The Intellectual Property Appellate Board in Chennai has cancelled two trademarks associated with versions of Viagra. 2 August 2013
Asia
India’s Intellectual Property Appeal Board has revoked a patent covering GlaxoSmithKline’s breast cancer drug Tykerb, in the latest blow to western pharmaceutical companies in India. 2 August 2013
Europe
The Court of Appeal for England and Wales has upheld the Patent Court’s decision that Teva Pharmaceutical Industries’ UK patent 762,888, relating to the multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone, is valid. 1 August 2013
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A US court has ruled that an Israeli company’s patent for a multiple sclerosis (MS) drug is invalid, paving the way for rivals to market a generic version. 30 July 2013
Americas
A US court has upheld a decision ruling that a continuation patent filed by a bio-tech company is invalid. 26 July 2013
Americas
A white paper suggests that patent case settlements between originator pharmaceutical companies and their generic competitors may be beneficial to drug consumers. 25 July 2013
Americas
The chair of the FTC has said it will continue to challenge pay-for-delay court settlements in the pharmaceutical industry and has hailed a Supreme Court ruling as a victory for consumers. 25 July 2013
Americas
The chief legal officer at the United States Patent and Trademark Office has announced he will be leaving. 24 July 2013
Americas
Senator Patrick Leahy has urged the US National Institutes of Health to force Myriad Genetics to license its patents directed to tests for breast and ovarian cancer. 19 July 2013