Biotech news
Americas
US-based law firm Phelps Dunbar has appointed Fenita Morris-Shepard as a counsel in its life sciences practice. 10 October 2017
Biotech
Gilead Sciences has signed licensing agreements with the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and generic companies to provide greater access to HIV treatment bictegravir. 9 October 2017
Americas
Hospira has appealed against a verdict which saw Amgen secure $70 million in damages over a biosimilar dispute between the two companies. 2 October 2017
Americas
AbbVie has settled its patent dispute over Amgen’s proposed biosimilar for Humira (adalimumab), a drug used to treat multiple types of arthritis as well as psoriasis. 29 September 2017
Americas
Unlike in Europe, the lack of a plausibility threshold in the US means that those applying for patents there are more likely to be granted a broader claim. 28 September 2017
Pharma
The UK’s House of Commons has launched an investigation into post-Brexit regulatory agreements needed to guarantee the safe and effective supply of medicines and medical devices. 27 September 2017
Americas
Amgen has secured $70 million in damages from a jury in a biosimilar dispute with Hospira. 26 September 2017
Pharma
Recent developments in China’s patent law and practice offer an exciting outlook for the future, said a senior partner at Wanhuida Peksung. 21 September 2017
Americas
White and Williams has strengthened its IP team with the addition of Melissa Nott Davis as counsel in its Boston Office. 21 September 2017
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