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Americas
Allergan Pharmaceuticals and genome-editing company Editas Medicine have entered into a strategic research and development agreement over CRISPR technology. 20 March 2017
Americas
Biotech company Pacific Biosciences, of California, has filed a complaint against UK-based Oxford Nanopore Technologies for alleged patent infringement. 17 March 2017
Americas
AstraZeneca and Zydus Pharmaceuticals have entered into a settlement agreement over a patent dispute centring on heartburn drug Nexium. 17 March 2017
Asia
There is an urgent need for an effective global legal regime to prevent bio piracy, according to Rita Teaotia, commerce secretary of India. 16 March 2017
Americas
Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences and Valeant Pharmaceuticals have sued Teva and its subsidiary Actavis for patent infringement of Onexton (clindamycin phosphate and benzoyl peroxide), a treatment for acne. 16 March 2017
Americas
IP management company CPA Global has agreed to pay $5.6 million to medical diagnostic company Run Them Sweet as part of a settlement agreement in a class action lawsuit. 15 March 2017
Americas
Mylan has entered a settlement with Genentech and its parent company, Roche, in relation to patents for cancer drug Herceptin. 15 March 2017
Americas
President Trump’s decision to pull the US out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal may have particularly pernicious consequences for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, writes Kevin Noonan of McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff. 15 March 2017
Americas
A physician at Aurora Health Care has filed patent infringement complaints against Boston Scientific, St Jude Medical and Abbott Laboratories. 14 March 2017
Americas
Amgen has said in a brief filed at the US Supreme Court that Sandoz “attempts to undermine” the balance between innovation and consumer interests. 14 March 2017