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Americas
The US Federal Trade Commission has issued a final approval of Amneal’s $1.45 billion acquisition of Impax. 11 July 2018
Americas
A shift in Mexico’s examination practice on plant-related patents has caused legal uncertainty, say Daniel Eduardo López and Esteban Rodríguez of Clarke Modet & Co. 10 July 2018
Big Pharma
The Paris Court of Appeal has refused to grant Merck Sharp & Dohme a preliminary injunction based on a supplementary protection certificate against French pharmaceutical company Biogaran. 10 July 2018
Americas
King & Spalding has boosted its IP practice with two new partners in its trial and global disputes practice group in New York. 10 July 2018
Africa
A lack of blood donors and poor healthcare infrastructure inspired Temie Giwa-Tubosun to develop and deliver a life-saving app. LSIPR spoke to the founder of LifeBank. 10 July 2018
Americas
A medical technology trade association has warned that the US tariffs recently implemented in response to Chinese IP theft may hinder patient access to life-saving technologies. 9 July 2018
Big Pharma
Marie-Paule Kieny of the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative is on a mission to remind stakeholders and governments that there is a moral imperative to pursue the fight against neglected diseases, as she tells LSIPR. 9 July 2018
Americas
Pharmaceutical company Sunovion, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Dainippon, has settled a patent infringement claim it filed against MSN Laboratories and Sandoz. 6 July 2018
Americas
The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT has expanded its partnership with German pharmaceutical company Bayer to develop new therapies for heart failure. 6 July 2018
Europe
A team at the University of Dundee has announced a major breakthrough in the understanding of Parkinson’s disease. LSIPR heard
more from Miratul Muqit and Daan van Aalten of the university’s school of life sciences. 6 July 2018