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The US Food and Drug Administration is not going to play regulatory ‘whack-a-mole’ with companies trying to delay or derail the entry of biosimilar competitors, according to Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the FDA. 19 July 2018
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US-based biopharmaceutical company AbbVie entered into a patent licensing agreement with generics company Mylan yesterday. 18 July 2018
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A CRISPR patent owned by the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT is “unpatentable for indefiniteness”, according to an agriculture biotech company. 18 July 2018
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At Flagship Pioneering, Aram Adourian, partner, knowledge management, uses his skills to leverage internal and external knowledge and informatics across the breadth of the company’s research activities, as he tells LSIPR. 18 July 2018
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Josh Makower, partner at venture capital investor New Enterprise Associates, explains to LSIPR the firm’s role in supporting medtech innovation, his sweet spot when it comes to projects, and how to balance what is medically relevant with commercial viability. 17 July 2018
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In the area of precision medicine, there are questions surrounding what data is needed, how it is used, what it should look like and what concerns there are for patients and society, as Daniel Lim of Kirkland & Ellis reports. 17 July 2018
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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has rejected Jazz Pharmaceuticals’ attempt to revive patents covering its narcolepsy drug Xyrem. 17 July 2018
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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit confirmed the validity of two patents covering a testosterone replacement therapy on Friday, July 13, in a win for Bayer Pharma and Endo Pharmaceuticals Solutions. 16 July 2018
Big Pharma
While the UK’s pharmaceutical and biotech industries have welcomed the government’s latest White Paper on Brexit, a number of uncertainties remain, according to lawyers. 16 July 2018
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Healthcare investment yields the best returns when focusing on its core aims and forging strong partnerships, James Flynn, managing partner of Deerfield, tells LSIPR. 16 July 2018