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Americas
Japanese drug maker R-Tech Ueno has sued Apotex for patent infringement after the Canadian-based pharmaceutical company allegedly applied to create a generic version of one of its eye treatment drugs. 15 July 2015
Americas
US law firm Haynes and Boone has expanded its intellectual property practice by hiring two partners. 13 July 2015
Americas
Pharmaceutical company Teva has become the first business to launch a generic version of Janssen Pharmaceuticals’s migraine treatment drug Axert (almotriptan malate). 13 July 2015
Americas
Law firm Fenwick & West has expanded its life sciences practice by hiring Daniel Becker as partner. 10 July 2015
Biotechnology
The European Patent Office has invalidated a patent covering genetically modified mice and rats. 9 July 2015
Americas
US law firm Lathrop & Gage has hired Amy McMahon to the firm’s intellectual property division. 9 July 2015
Americas
UK-based life sciences research charity MRC Technology has hired Andrew Farquharson as its director of technology transfer. 8 July 2015
Americas
Biotechnology company Biogen has agreed a partnership potentially worth $1 billion with gene therapy business AGTC to develop eye treatments. 7 July 2015
Americas
Law firm Foley Hoag has expanded its intellectual property department by hiring two new partners. 7 July 2015
Africa
The Kenyan government has revealed that there has been an increase in counterfeit drugs entering the country, including antibiotics and Viagra. 6 July 2015