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Big Pharma
The current outbreak of Ebola has devastated communities in West Africa. It has also thrown a light on the complex web of IP rights surrounding the possible treatments for this serious and usually fatal virus, as LSIPR discovered. 3 November 2014
Asia-Pacific
Brand owners may use a multitude of approaches to crack down effectively on fake drugs. Andy Leck and Ren Jun Lim discuss the challenges of anti-counterfeiting efforts in Singapore. 3 November 2014
Americas
AstraZeneca has had a tough few years, with a clutch of patent expiries one of the most serious of its problems. So where does it go from here? To find out, LSIPR spoke to the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company’s vice president of business development about the role IP is playing in its plans for future success. 3 November 2014
Europe
Dennis Waller discusses how differing interpretations of the Bolar exemption may affect clinical trials in the UK. 3 November 2014
Europe
Richard Bassett and Richard Wells look at what EU-based companies must consider in order to comply with the Nagoya Protocol, the regulation aimed at curbing biopiracy. 3 November 2014
Americas
Who has legal interest in the grant of sanitary registrations for follow-on biologics? José Trigueros examines a recent case in Mexico that could have far-reaching ramifications. 3 November 2014
Asia
Indian pharmaceutical company Intas Pharmaceuticals has been granted an injunction preventing a rival from marketing an anti-epilepsy drug it said infringed one of its trademarks. 30 October 2014
Americas
A US court has ruled that pharmaceutical company Mylan infringed a patent owned by The Medicines Company covering a product used to inhibit blood clots. 29 October 2014
Americas
In the competitive world of cancer treatment it’s becoming ever more important to stand out from the crowd. LSIPR speaks to TapImmune’s chief executive Glynn Wilson on why he thinks the company does. 29 October 2014