Biotech news
Americas
California-based Amgen is barred from succeeding on its patent infringement claim against Coherus Biosciences, according to the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 30 July 2019
Biotech
One of the perennial inherent challenges for legislators and regulators is crafting laws and regulatory frameworks that are firm enough to deal with the issues of the present, but flexible enough to cater for the challenges of the future, as Daniel Lim and Anna Jackson of Kirkland & Ellis explain. 26 July 2019
Americas
Merck KGaA-owned Sigma-Aldrich has petitioned the US Patent and Trademark Office to open an interference proceeding between its own pending CRISPR-Cas9 patents and patents awarded to the University of California, Berkeley. 23 July 2019
Pharma
The European Commission has pledged €35 million to promote the development of analysis of health images for cancer diagnostics, based on artificial intelligence. 10 July 2019
Pharma
Charity Cancer Research UK has united with SV Health Investors, a venture capital and growth equity firm, to develop new cancer medicines for patients. 3 July 2019
Biotech
Carpmaels & Ransford has appointed two life sciences attorneys as partners, effective yesterday, July 1. 2 July 2019
Americas
A Kentucky jury has awarded a seed company $2.4 million, after finding that an ex-employee had misappropriated trade secrets related to work on broccoli seeds and sprouts. 1 July 2019
Americas
Morrison & Foerster has strengthened its life sciences group with the addition of Bethany Hills as a partner in New York. 1 July 2019
Americas
The US Patent and Trademark Office has revived the dispute between the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley over which first invented the CRISPR gene-editing technology. 27 June 2019
Americas
The next event in ACI’s Women Leaders in Law series, on July 25 & 26 in Boston, brings together in-house and private practice professionals from the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. 26 June 2019