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Medical technology companies should not be left out of discussions in Europe about modernising the system for supplementary protection certificates, argues Allison Sadick of Pinsent Masons. 19 May 2017
Americas
Medical device company ResMed has filed a motion to dismiss its International Trade Commission (ITC) complaint against New Zealand-based Fisher & Paykel. 18 May 2017
Americas
Merck and Upsher-Smith Laboratories have agreed to pay $60.2 million in settlement fees to direct drug purchasers. 18 May 2017
Big Pharma
The European Commission has opened an investigation into multinational company Aspen Pharma over the price of five cancer drugs. 17 May 2017
Americas
A California-based man has pleaded guilty to manufacturing counterfeit veterinary product labels. 17 May 2017
Americas
The Senate of Canada has passed Bill C-30, which will change Canada’s pharma patent regulations including by allowing patent owners to recover patent term lost due to regulatory delays. 16 May 2017
Americas
Medtronic has filed a motion to stay all deadlines and a notice of settlement in a patent dispute with medical device company Snyder Heart Valve. 16 May 2017
Americas
Ireland-based Horizon Pharma has filed a complaint against Actavis for patent infringement. 15 May 2017
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has rejected Dow Agro Sciences’ petition for a rehearing of the court’s March decision which affirmed a $455 million damages award in favour of Bayer. 15 May 2017
Americas
Amgen has set its sights on Coherus Biosciences, a biosimilar maker, for allegedly infringing a patent concerning a process for purifying proteins. 12 May 2017