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Big Pharma
Italy-based law firm Portolano Cavallo has hired two members to its life sciences practice. 6 February 2017
Americas
Mylan has been offered a settlement to pay $96.5 million in a pay-for-delay case over Provigil, a drug produced by Cephalon which reduces extreme sleepiness due to narcolepsy. 6 February 2017
Europe
UK charitable foundation the Wellcome Trust has revealed plans to provide up to £500 million ($624 million) to help researchers and organisations turn discoveries and inventions into treatments, products and cures for disease. 3 February 2017
Americas
Law firm Seyfarth Shaw has hired Jamaica Szeliga as a partner in the firm’s litigation department in Washington, DC. 3 February 2017
Americas
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) group discussed trade agreements and removing outdated regulations with US President Donald Trump yesterday. 2 February 2017
Big Pharma
Teva has secured a victory at the EU General Court against healthcare company Opko Ireland Global. 2 February 2017
Americas
US biotech company Twist Bioscience and its CEO, Emily LeProust, have countered allegations made against the company last year with a lawsuit. 1 February 2017
Americas
US President Donald Trump has said that he intends to lower drug prices and speed up the Food and Drug Administration approval processes for new drugs. 1 February 2017
Americas
Teva will appeal against a decision which saw the invalidation of four patents covering its multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone. 31 January 2017
Americas
Mylan's plans to bring a generic version of Shire's bowel disease drug Lialda to market were shut down when a district court judge held that the action would infringe Shire's patent. 30 January 2017