Biotech news
Americas
Hedge fund manager Kyle Bass has returned almost $700 million to investors that backed his inter partes review challenges, but has vowed to continue challenging pharmaceutical patents after being given the green light to tackle another. 24 February 2016
Americas
Sandoz has petitioned the US Supreme Court to review the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s ruling in the ‘patent dance’ dispute. 17 February 2016
Americas
Law firm Steptoe & Johnson has hired Ying Li as a partner in the firm’s intellectual property group in New York. 16 February 2016
Pharma
Law firm Fieldfisher has expanded its life sciences patent litigation and intellectual property practice by hiring Diana Sternfeld, Nicole Jadeja, and Rebecca Baines as partners. 11 February 2016
Americas
Following several high-profile decisions by the US Supreme Court making it harder to patent biotech inventions, parties should follow several best practices to give their products the best chance of being patented. Kathryn Hull of Gordon Rees provides some tips. 11 February 2016
Americas
The chief executive of biotechnology Twist Bioscience has been accused of stealing trade secrets belonging to her former employer. 5 February 2016
Asia
India-based vaccines and biotherapeutic manufacturer Bharat Biotech has said it has filed the first patent for a vaccine for the Zika virus. 5 February 2016
Biotech
The English High Court has revoked two European patents owned by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals covering transgenic mice. 3 February 2016
Biotech
UK-based drug discovery company Crescendo Biologics has hired Barbara Fleck as head of intellectual property. 2 February 2016
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has knocked out two patents belonging to biotechnology company Illumina following a challenge by Intelligent Bio-Systems. 1 February 2016