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Americas
Pharmaceutical company Merck has bought Afferent Pharmaceuticals in a deal worth $500 million. 10 June 2016
Americas
IP and innovation in Mexico has come a long way, and the country’s part in international trade treaties will provide further great opportunities, says Nuria Becerril of Becerril, Coca & Becerril. 10 June 2016
Asia-Pacific
There are clear rules on the use of patient data in clinical trials in Costa Rica, as well as sanctions for any breaches, explain María del Pilar López and Esteban Monge of Zürcher Lawyers. 10 June 2016
Americas
In today’s video interview LSIPR speaks to Dr Ruhong Jiang, president of biotechnology company Applied StemCell, about its work with the CRISPR/Cas9 technology. 9 June 2016
Americas
A US court has overturned an earlier ruling in which Merck was awarded $200 million in damages for patent infringement after finding that the pharmaceutical company had engaged in misconduct. 9 June 2016
Americas
A day after Hillary Clinton won in California and five months ahead of the US general election, the 2016 BIO International Convention hosted a Keynote session to hear the thoughts of political experts. 9 June 2016
Americas
This year’s BIO International Convention took a turn for the groovy on Wednesday night, with a 'Summer of Love' party at San Francisco City Hall. 9 June 2016
Asia
India needs to focus more resources on evaluating applications for biologic drugs, while the biosimilar system needs to be tweaked, says Archana Shanker of Anand and Anand. 9 June 2016
Americas
The system governing access to genetic resources in Brazil has been strengthened by a recent legal update, explain Andrea Granthon and Tatiana Schuenck of Luiz Leonardos & Advogados. 9 June 2016
Asia-Pacific
Sequenom has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Sonic Healthcare, Australian Clinical Labs and Ariosa Diagnostics at the Australian Federal Court. 8 June 2016