MedTech news
Pharma
The UK’s House of Commons has launched an investigation into post-Brexit regulatory agreements needed to guarantee the safe and effective supply of medicines and medical devices. 27 September 2017
Africa
Interpol has seized more than $51 million worth of potentially dangerous medicines in its latest operation. 27 September 2017
Americas
Medical device firm Cooper Companies has agreed to acquire the global rights to Teva’s Paragard intrauterine device (IUD) for $1.1 billion. 13 September 2017
Americas
The Indiana Bioscience Research Institute (IBRI) ,a non-profit research organisation, has partnered with four Indiana-based universities to license life sciences technologies. 11 September 2017
Europe
Genetic sequencing company Illumina has filed a patent infringement suit against Premaitha Health, a molecular diagnostics company, in the English High Court. 8 September 2017
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed a district court decision which stated that CardiAQ is not entitled to injunctive relief, despite a $91 million damages payout from Neovasc. 5 September 2017
Americas
The Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order combating the anticompetitive effects resulting from Baxter’s proposed $625 million acquisition of Claris’s injectable drugs business. 31 August 2017
Pharma
The practical implications of Brexit, including on the Unified Patent Court, were the focus of a roundtable discussion at Life Sciences Patent Network North America, an industry event. 31 August 2017
Americas
Brazil’s Ministry of Health has published the entire list of the 2017 proposals to be considered for the Partnership for Product Development. 25 August 2017
Americas
Abbott Laboratories has fended off patent infringement claims filed by Enzo Biochem after convincing a US court that the patents did not describe the invention in a sufficient way. 22 August 2017