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Big Pharma
The English High Court has found that a challenged claim of Bayer's targeted cancer drug sorafenib is invalid due to obviousness, in a win for Israeli pharmaceutical company Teva Pharmaceuticals. 11 October 2021
Medtech
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has held that claims of a patent covering an artificial heart valve were erroneously held to be unpatentable by the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board, in a blow to a medical device company owned by Abbott Laboratories. 7 October 2021
Americas
The unpredictable nature of the US legal landscape has arguably kept IP practitioners on tenterhooks over the past decade. 7 October 2021
Biotechnology
Medical device company SurgiSil has persuaded the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that its application for a design patent covering a lip filler was erroneously rejected by the US Patent and Trademark Office. 6 October 2021
Generics
A New Jersey court has invalidated a Sun Pharmaceuticals patent related to its anti-inflammatory eye drops BromSite in an infringement suit against generic drug manufacturer Lupin Pharmaceuticals. 5 October 2021
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has found that the US Food and Drug Administration violated the exclusivity of a patent covering a drug for a rare autoimmune disorder, by approving the same treatment specifically for children. 4 October 2021
Americas
Bristol-Myers Squibb has sued India-based generic maker Alembic over claims that a copycat of the blockbuster leukaemia drug Sprycel, infringes a pair of patents. 4 October 2021
Big Pharma
A unit of Hong-Kong based Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings has filed a lawsuit in Beijing accusing private equity firm CBC Group of stealing trade secrets. 30 September 2021
Big Pharma
Pharma giant Novartis has filed a patent suit against Crystal Pharmaceuticals after the rival sought to create a generic version of its heart failure drug Entresto. 30 September 2021
Americas
Wholesale buyers of MSD’s cholesterol treatment Zetia have asked a Virginia court to recertify their class status and move to trial following a recent fourth circuit ruling that reversed the court’s prior certification. 28 September 2021