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Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has rejected Mylan’s attempt to dismiss two patent lawsuits on the grounds of lack of personal jurisdiction. 21 March 2016
Americas
A US court has ruled that two patents covering the Repatha drug, owned by biotechnology company Amgen, are valid. 18 March 2016
Americas
Law firm Perkins Coie has hired Mark Wicker as a partner in the firm’s technology transactions and privacy practice in San Diego. 18 March 2016
Americas
The US Federal Trade Commission has urged a federal appeals court to correct errors in a judgment from a Pennsylvania court that found the plaintiff in a pay-for-delay case had failed to prove that the agreement breached US competition law. 17 March 2016
Big Pharma
Pharmaceutical company GSK has announced to shareholders that its chief executive Sir Andrew Witty will be retiring from his role in 2017. 17 March 2016
Americas
Patent owners and petitioners in the life sciences industry who raise arguments surrounding commercial success during PTAB trials face substantive and procedural roadblocks, argue Christopher Jagoe and James McConnell of Kirkland & Ellis. 17 March 2016
Americas
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has instituted trials on four patents owned by Acorda Therapeutics following challenges from the Coalition for Affordable Drugs and hedge fund manager Kyle Bass. 16 March 2016
Americas
Law firm Proskauer Rose has expanded its life sciences patent practice by hiring Fangli Chen as a partner and Daniel Klein as a senior patent counsel. 16 March 2016
Asia
Activist organisation Médecins Sans Frontières has challenged Pfizer’s patent application covering the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on the grounds that it is obvious. 15 March 2016
Asia
A Switzerland-based drug licensing agency has warned that counterfeit packs of hepatitis C drug Harvoni have been imported into Switzerland. 14 March 2016