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Big Pharma
US-based gene sequencing company Sequenom was handed a win yesterday after a UK court ruled that The Doctors Laboratory and Ariosa Diagnostics, which is owned by Roche, had infringed its patent. 18 June 2019
Big Pharma
US biopharmaceutical company Pfizer has entered agreed to acquire Array BioPharma, a biotechnology company which develops small molecule drugs for the treatment of cancer. 17 June 2019
Americas
The US Food and Drug Administration has chosen Merck & Co, IBM, KPMG, and Walmart to form a pilot project aimed at evaluating the use of blockchain to protect pharmaceutical product integrity. 17 June 2019
Americas
British-based pharmaceutical company GSK has entered into a five-year collaboration with the University of California to explore how gene mutations cause disease and accelerate drug discovery. 14 June 2019
Big Pharma
Software company Dassault Systèmes has targeted the life sciences sector with the $5.8 billion acquisition of Medidata Solutions, a US-firm firm focused on clinical trials. 13 June 2019
Americas
BASF Plant Science, the plant biotech-focused subsidiary of BASF, has asked the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to overturn a finding that certain claims of a transgenic plant technology patent were invalid. 13 June 2019
Biotechnology
A Russian scientist is planning to create CRISPR-edited babies, despite the widespread condemnation levelled at the first scientist who created ‘edited’ twins. 12 June 2019
Americas
Dominican Republic-based Agroindustrial Ocoeña has asked a US court to dismiss its plant patent claim against a competitor run by the patent inventor’s brother. 12 June 2019
Big Pharma
India is to make barcoding mandatory on all medicines sold within the country after a recent report by the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) identified the country as the largest producer of counterfeit pharmaceuticals in the world. 11 June 2019
Americas
US-based Merck & Co has announced plans to buy Tilos Therapeutics, its latest acquisition in the immunotherapy space. 11 June 2019