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Biotechnology
AbbVie seeks to block imports of Alvotech’s biosimilar Humira into the US, claiming that the Icelandic company plundered former employees and used its trade secrets to develop the drug. 21 December 2021
Americas
Apotex has asked the US Supreme Court to reconsider a US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruling upholding four of Teva Pharmaceutical’s cancer drug patents. 21 December 2021
Americas
A Delaware Federal Court has upheld some of the validity of challenged claims in two patents related to BioDelivery Sciences’ opioid medication Belbuca, but invalidated others. 21 December 2021
Biotechnology
Public biopharmaceutical company NextCure has been accused of misappropriating trade secrets in order to create a direct competitor to a biotech’s cancer immunotherapy technology. 16 December 2021
Generics
Gilead, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Janssen are facing accusations that they suppressed competition in the market for drugs used to treat the human immunodeficiency virus. 16 December 2021
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The Unified Patent Court is set to open in 2022 and has the potential to significantly change how patents are applied for and protected in Europe. The Bundesrat has approved the Protocol on Provisional Application of the UPC Agreement, taking us another step closer. The Protocol on Provisional Application is not yet in force, it needs to be ratified by one further EU state which now looks set to be Austria. 16 December 2021
Americas
Sun Pharmaceutical has been sued by ACS Dobfar subsidiary InfoRLife and WG Critical Care for allegedly infringing on a patent with its proposed midazolam-an anaesthesia medication. 16 December 2021
Americas
Multinational 3M has suffered a setback in its litigation campaign against the distributors of N95 masks after a US judge found in favour of arguments made by one of its opponents. 14 December 2021
Generics
The Association for Accessible Medicines, which represents manufacturers of generics and biosimilars, has succeeded in challenging a California bill that characterises “reverse payment” or “pay-for-delay” patent settlements as anticompetitive and unlawful. 14 December 2021
Generics
Nutritional supplements manufacturer Pharmavite has filed an antitrust suit against Bausch & Lomb and GlaxoSmithKline, claiming that they are filing sham patent litigation related to its “PreserVision” products. 13 December 2021