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Medtech
Honeywell has been targeted in a recent complaint from competitor Moldex-Metric over a newly-launched “antimicrobial” earplug dispenser, which Moldex claims is falsely advertised. 6 April 2021
Americas
Pharmaceutical companies defending an antitrust lawsuit have fought back against attempts to get them to disclose confidential information garnered through discovery during the litigation to the US Federal Trade Commission. 6 April 2021
Medtech
Mylan Pharmaceuticals has succeeded in getting the Patent Trial and Appeal board (PTAB) to invalidate an injector patent held by French pharmaceutical company Sanofi 1 April 2021
Americas
The US government doesn't co-own patents covering Gilead Science’s drug remdesivir, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office. 1 April 2021
Medtech
In a win for medical device maker Arthrex, a federal judge in Delaware has ruled that its wrist-plating system does not infringe a patent owned by competitor TriMed Technologies. 30 March 2021
Europe
Lundbeck has lost an appeal to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to waive €150 million ($176 million) in fines levied against itself and a group of five generics manufacturers over ‘pay-for-delay’ deals for its antidepressant generics. 30 March 2021
Big Pharma
The World Health Organization has warned the public of the danger of counterfeit COVID-19 vaccines and urged people not to procure jabs outside of government channels. 29 March 2021
Americas
The Federal Circuit has affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision denying Stanford University a patent application for calculating parent genes. 26 March 2021
Big Pharma
The US Supreme Court has denied a petition from Argentum Pharmaceuticals to review a Federal Circuit ruling covering a multiple sclerosis treatment patent. 25 March 2021
Americas
In a win for a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories, St Jude Medical, a US federal court has ruled that it did not infringe a patent for a catheter system owned by Niazi Licensing. 25 March 2021