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The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Corteva Agriscience, the agricultural division of DowDuPont, have jointly agreed to license CRISPR/Cas9 technology to the J R Simplot Company. 8 August 2018
Americas
Guy Birkenmeier, previously a partner in Baker McKenzie’s IP practice group, has joined Foley Gardere as a partner in the firm’s technology transactions and outsourcing practice. 8 August 2018
Americas
Two Chinese nationals have been charged with conspiracy to steal rice technology from a US-based biotechnology company. 7 August 2018
Americas
Spain-based pharmaceutical company Almirall will acquire Allergan’s dermatology portfolio. 6 August 2018
Big Pharma
The UK government today published four documents about how Brexit will impact the operations and regulatory status of life sciences companies. 6 August 2018
Europe
German scientists claim to have developed a way of identifying counterfeit breast implants by using DNA sequences from tomatoes. 3 August 2018
Americas
Jazz Pharmaceuticals has opposed a US trademark applied for by a nutrition company to cover dietary supplements in class 5. 3 August 2018
Americas
Aggressive and exploitative patenting strategies are enabling drug makers to regularly increase prices in the US and extend monopolies, according to a new report from non-profit group the Initiative for Medicines, Access and Knowledge. 2 August 2018
Big Pharma
The European Medicines Agency has announced plans to temporarily further scale back and suspend activities in order to cope with a more significant staff loss from the agency’s relocation than was originally expected. 2 August 2018
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ordered the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to reconsider its assessments in three inter partes reviews, in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s SAS Institute v Iancu decision. 1 August 2018