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Big Pharma
Lukas Hoffmann, grandson of Roche founder Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche, has died at the age of 93. 22 July 2016
Americas
AstraZeneca is suing Aurobindo Pharma for allegedly infringing a patent covering its drug Nexium. 22 July 2016
Americas
Despite the clamour for more guidance on the scope and application of the Mayo test on patent eligibility, the US Supreme Court denied Sequenom’s petition in its dispute with Ariosa, as Stephen Stout and Rachael McClure of Vinson & Elkins explain. 21 July 2016
Americas
Gilead Sciences has successfully transferred a domain name that included the term ‘Sovaldi’, one of the drug maker’s products. 21 July 2016
Americas
Hikma Pharmaceuticals announced yesterday that its US affiliate West-Ward Pharmaceuticals, has launched a generic version of Genentech’s cancer treatment drug Xeloda in the US. 21 July 2016
Americas
The US Food and Drug Administration has given Sandoz a complete response to its Neulasta biosimilar application, in which the application was rejected. 21 July 2016
Americas
Two Jamaican generic companies, Lasco Distributors Limited and Medimpex Jamaica Limited, will go to the Supreme Court of Jamaica against Pfizer today for a damages hearing in a case that saw them being prevented from selling a generic drug. 20 July 2016
Big Pharma
Mayer Brown announced today that Genevieve Michaux has joined the firm’s government & global trade practice as partner in Brussels. 20 July 2016
Asia
Indonesia has ordered the immediate revamping of the Food and Drug Administration following the successful police investigation uncovering the selling, importing and utilisation of a fake child vaccine. 19 July 2016
Africa
Everyone benefits from an efficiently run clinical drug study, including sponsors, contract research organisations, the investigator sites where patients are treated and observed, and most of all, patients, says Charlie Nicholson of Premier Research. 19 July 2016