Biotech news
Americas
A settlement has been reached between two former University of California, Davis professors who were found liable for infringing strawberry seed patents and the University of California regarding its strawberry breeding programme. 20 September 2017
Americas
Bayer has teamed up with biotech business Ginkgo Bioworks to focus on developing biotech for sustainable agriculture. 19 September 2017
Americas
Swiss agribusiness Syngenta has secured nearly $1 million of damages in a patent infringement suit it brought against pesticide maker Willowood. 15 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
Americas
Pierce Atwood has appointed MaryDilys Anderson as a patent partner in the firm’s Portsmouth, New Hampshire office. 11 September 2017
Americas
Two biotech associations have filed litigation in a district court challenging the provisions of a Nevada law, saying it violates patent rights. 7 September 2017
Americas
Inventiva, a biopharmaceutical company that develops innovative therapies, has announced the extension of an agreement with AbbVie to continue to research and develop orally available RORγ inverse agonists. 4 September 2017
Americas
The California Life Sciences Association (CLSA), an advocacy group, has added six new members to its board of directors. 1 September 2017
Americas
Bayer HealthCare has filed a lawsuit against Nektar Therapeutics and Baxalta seeking a declaration that a treatment for haemophilia A does not infringe their patent. 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