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Americas
Pharma firm beats back digital health company over migraine tracking app / Indiana’s Uniform Trade Secrets Act cited by US judge. 27 September 2022
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Law firm Finnegan has announced that partner Scott Burwell has been appointed as the firm’s partner-in-charge of diversity, equity, and inclusion. 27 September 2022
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IP law firm Powell Gilbert has expanded its life sciences team with the appointment of James Bergus. 22 September 2022
Biotechnology
Evidence shows medicines approved as biosimilars in the EU may be prescribed interchangeably | Additional ‘switch’ studies no longer not need to be carried out. 22 September 2022
Americas
Federal Circuit denies petition to rehear dispute over multiple sclerosis medicine | Company will petition highest court over invalidity ruling. 22 September 2022
Big Pharma
Pfizer’s ‘Breakthrough’ programme is aimed at Black, Latino and Native Americans | A healthcare membership organisation filed the complaint. 20 September 2022
Americas
Report found that four times as many patents are granted on the top ten drugs in the US, compared to Europe | Non-profit says that the US’ patent system is ‘broken’. 20 September 2022
Big Pharma
Authority carries out dawn raid at Novartis’ premises | Probe focuses on the alleged unlawful use of a skincare patent to bar competition 20 September 2022
Big Pharma
Malaria remains endemic in 91 countries representing half of the world’s population | Licence is key to allow rapid access to innovation for those who need it most. 15 September 2022
Americas
Law firm McGuire Woods has hired IP litigators Michael Nutter and Merritt Westcott, for its Chicago and Houston offices, respectively. 15 September 2022