Biotech news
Americas
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) has taken AstraZeneca to court over the alleged infringement of a patent for cancer treatment. 1 August 2017
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed a ruling of a lower court that found a patent owned by Regeneron unenforceable because of the biotech company’s inequitable conduct. 28 July 2017
Americas
Clinical-stage biotech company Juno Therapeutics has not taken kindly to another business using its name. 26 July 2017
Pharma
Medical research charity LifeArc has agreed to provide a range of technology transfer services to the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. 25 July 2017
Americas
Abbott Laboratories has settled its dispute with a Florida-based pharmacy accused of selling grey market goods. 21 July 2017
Americas
Law firm BakerHostetler has hired a new partner to join its Cincinnati and Atlanta offices. 20 July 2017
Pharma
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry and seven other UK and European life sciences bodies have jointly written to the UK and EU Brexit negotiators. 19 July 2017
Pharma
DLA Piper has hired patent litigator Philipp Cepl as a partner in its German patent practice. 17 July 2017
Americas
The US Food and Drug Administration’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee has recommended approval of the first biosimilar version of trastuzumab, a breast cancer-fighting monoclonal antibody. 14 July 2017
Americas
A collaboration between Bill Gates and Intellectual Ventures , in partnership with conglomerate GE, has signed a licensing deal with US diagnostics technology company Access Bio to make and sell tools for “rapidly” identifying asymptomatic malaria. 13 July 2017