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Europe
In a victory for the University of California, the European Patent Office has affirmed a CRISPR patent issued to Emmanuelle Charpentier, the University of California, and the University of Vienna. 11 February 2020
Europe
Gareth Probert, the former head of HGF’s Nottingham, UK office, has joined EIP to strengthen its medtech and healthcare practice. 11 February 2020
Big Pharma
The US embassy in the Netherlands has expressed its concern about the Dutch government’s plans to “undermine” IP rights for medicines. 11 February 2020
Europe
The UK Intellectual Property Office has blocked Canadian brand Vivo Cannabis from registering ‘Lumina’ as a trademark, after an opposition from an Italian pharmaceutical company. 7 February 2020
Big Pharma
US multinational biotechnology company Biogen has successfully defended multiple sclerosis treatment Tecfidera from a patent challenge brought by generic and specialty pharma company Mylan. 6 February 2020
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European patent attorney Dr. Thomas Wolter has joined the Munich office of European IP law firm Mewburn Ellis. 6 February 2020
Americas
Gilead has suffered a blow in its efforts to invalidate the US government’s patent rights for PrEP, as the Patent Trial and Appeal Board threw out two of its four patent challenges. 6 February 2020
Americas
A state-run institution in China has applied for a patent on the use of an experimental Gilead Sciences drug, which scientists believe may be able to fight the coronavirus outbreak that has killed hundreds. 6 February 2020
Americas
Bristol-Myers Squibb and BioMotiv, a drug development accelerator, have launched Anteros Pharmaceuticals, a biotech focused on developing a new class of drugs for fibrotic and other inflammatory diseases. 5 February 2020
Americas
US competition regulators will increase scrutiny of biologic and biosimilar-related patent settlements, as they look to crack down on antitrust violations. 4 February 2020