Biotech news
Americas
Two bodies are responsible for examining biotech patent applications in Brazil, but this approach causes problems, as Marcelo Oliveira de Souza and Antonio Alexandre Moura dos Santos of Di Blasi, Parente & Associados report. 25 October 2016
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit yesterday rejected Medtronic’s petition for a rehearing of a patent case against Bosch. 21 October 2016
Pharma
European law firm Fieldfisher has strengthened its intellectual property expertise with the appointment of three team members in Milan, Italy. 20 October 2016
Americas
The US Food and Drug Administration has awarded 21 new clinical trial research grants totalling more than $23 million in order to boost the development of products for patients with rare diseases. 20 October 2016
Asia
Indian pharmaceutical company Sun Pharma and the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology have entered into an exclusive collaboration to develop a novel dengue vaccine for India and global markets. 19 October 2016
Americas
Law firm Goodwin has hired Scott Lassman to join its Washington, DC office as a partner in the life sciences practice. 19 October 2016
Americas
Pfizer announced yesterday that it will launch a biosimilar of one of Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) best-selling drugs, Remicade (infliximab), which brought in a total of $9.2 billion in revenue last year. 18 October 2016
Americas
David Manspeizer and Greg Chopskie have joined Morrison & Foerster’s intellectual property litigation practice group in its New York and Washington offices respectively. 18 October 2016
Africa
With specialist IP providers offering post-M&A services at lower cost than traditional law firms, have clients been overspending in the past? Melissa Pillote on behalf of Dennemeyer reports. 18 October 2016
Asia
There is some debate among Russian legal professionals about whether “selection inventions” are considered patentable, but the answer seems clear, says Valery Djermakian of Gorodissky & Partners. 17 October 2016