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11 February 2015Big Pharma

Gilead faces Sovaldi patent challenge in Europe

A medical aid non-profit organisation has opposed a European patent held by pharmaceutical company Gilead that covers its anti-hepatitis C drug Sovaldi (sofosbuvir).

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Asia
NGO joins fight against Indian Sovaldi patent
4 February 2015   Another party has thrown its hat into the ring in the fight to stop the issue of an Indian patent covering Sovaldi, a hepatitis C drug.
Asia-Pacific
SIPO rejects Gilead’s Sovaldi patent application
23 June 2015   China’s State Intellectual Property Office has rejected Gilead Sciences’s patent application covering its Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) drug after it was challenged by a non-profit group.


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Asia
NGO joins fight against Indian Sovaldi patent
4 February 2015   Another party has thrown its hat into the ring in the fight to stop the issue of an Indian patent covering Sovaldi, a hepatitis C drug.
Asia-Pacific
SIPO rejects Gilead’s Sovaldi patent application
23 June 2015   China’s State Intellectual Property Office has rejected Gilead Sciences’s patent application covering its Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) drug after it was challenged by a non-profit group.

More on this story

Asia
NGO joins fight against Indian Sovaldi patent
4 February 2015   Another party has thrown its hat into the ring in the fight to stop the issue of an Indian patent covering Sovaldi, a hepatitis C drug.
Asia-Pacific
SIPO rejects Gilead’s Sovaldi patent application
23 June 2015   China’s State Intellectual Property Office has rejected Gilead Sciences’s patent application covering its Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) drug after it was challenged by a non-profit group.

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