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Big Pharma
The US, EU, India and South Africa have reached an undisclosed agreement related to the stonewalled COVID-19 vaccine IP waiver. 16 March 2022
Medtech
Therabody has sued TJ Maxx’s parent company, alongside five “unauthorised” Amazon resellers for patent and trademark infringement, claiming they sell “knockoff” massage gun products. 15 March 2022
Generics
Otsuka Pharmaceuticals has filed a patent infringement suit against MSN Laboratories targeting the company’s planned generic Samsca heart medication. 15 March 2022
Americas
A California court has given a partial win to MedImpact in a trade secrets suit against US data giant IQVIA over its medical insurance platform. 15 March 2022
Generics
AbbVie and Icelandic biosimilar company Alvotech have settled all US litigation over Alvotech’s proposed generic of AbbVie’s blockbuster arthritis treatment Humira (adalimumab). 10 March 2022
Americas
A subsidiary of Tokyo-based FujiFilm has announced that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against ultrasound machine maker Butterfly Network. 10 March 2022
Americas
K&L Gates has hired two life science partners, Hannah Koyfman and David Lu, and their 10-person team to bolster the firm's nascent Boston practice. 10 March 2022
Generics
Mumbai-based pharma company Cipla has filed a lawsuit asking a Delaware court to rule that its proposed generic of Boehringer Ingelheim’s lung disease treatment Ofev does not infringe two patents. 8 March 2022
Big Pharma
Moderna has stated that it will “never” enforce its COVID-19 patents in 92 low and middle-income countries. 8 March 2022
Biotechnology
Should the MHLW and CSIMC consider competition in drug pricing, it would be necessary to formulate systems to utilise the expertise of a competition expert, namely the Japan Fair Trade Commission, says Takanori Abe of Abe & Partners. 8 March 2022