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Africa
The US has been ranked as the country that contributes most to global biopharmaceutical innovation through the use of its policies. 11 April 2016
Americas
Law firm Mishcon de Reya has hired David Rose as a partner in the firm’s intellectual property group in London. 11 April 2016
Americas
The North Carolina Central University School of Law is planning to launch an intellectual property institute designed to provide expertise and training in areas related to science, technology, engineering and maths. 8 April 2016
Americas
Pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Allergan have terminated a proposed merger. 7 April 2016
Americas
The BPCIA requires a biosimilar applicant to notify the reference product sponsor of its drug no later than 180 days before the first commercial marketing date. Darryl Woo, Erin Ator Thomson, Janice Ta and Wendy Wang of Vinson & Elkins report on some of the pressing issues in this area. 7 April 2016
Americas
In March, Merck unsuccessfully tried to invalidate a patent owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb covering metastatic skin cancer treatment. Ernest Linek of Banner & Witcoff reviews the arguments and the court’s ruling. 7 April 2016
Biotechnology
Law firm Boult Wade Tennant has hired Jason Rutt as an attorney in the firm’s biotechnology and life sciences group in London. 7 April 2016
Americas
Law firm DLA Piper has hired James Czaban as a partner in the firm’s government affairs practice and chair of the firm’s US Food and Drug Administration group in Washington, DC. 7 April 2016
Asia
MRC Technology and the Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences have agreed a partnership that will help develop new therapeutic antibodies. 6 April 2016
Americas
A US man who sold counterfeit erectile dysfunction medications including Viagra online has been jailed for a year and a day. 6 April 2016