Biotech news
Americas
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America has cut 22 members based on a new set of membership criteria it introduced on Tuesday, May 9. 11 May 2017
Americas
Baxalta, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shire, has filed a patent infringement complaint against Genentech and Chugai Pharmaceutical. 8 May 2017
Africa
The World Health Organization will launch a pilot project for biosimilars to make costly cancer treatments more widely available in low and middle income countries. 5 May 2017
Americas
The US Patent and Trademark Office won a case against biotech company NantKwest yesterday at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 4 May 2017
Americas
AstraZeneca has entered into a collaboration with biotech company Pieris Pharmaceuticals to develop novel inhaled drugs that expand on Pieris’s Anticalin platform. 4 May 2017
Americas
GSK and biotech company Bluebird Bio have entered into a licence agreement centring on Bluebird’s lentiviral vector platform. 3 May 2017
Biotech
Merck will divest its biosimilars business to Fresenius Kabi in order to focus on innovative drugs. 28 April 2017
Americas
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments from Amgen and Sandoz yesterday in the ongoing battle over a biosimilar version of Amgen’s Neupogen. 27 April 2017
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has partly affirmed, partly reversed and partly vacated a dispute between Duke University, based in North Carolina, and biotech company BioMarin Pharmaceutical. 27 April 2017
Americas
Merck and PDL Biopharma have settled a dispute over Merck’s cancer drug Keytruda (pembrolizumab), which allegedly infringed a patent belonging to PDL. 27 April 2017