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Asia
Merck is the latest multinational pharma company to suffer a setback in India, after failing to win an injunction against generic versions of two anti-diabetes drugs. 8 April 2013
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has reversed a $482 million jury decision against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Cordis, ruling that its Cypher stent did not infringe a patent held by radiologist Bruce Saffran. 8 April 2013
Asia
India’s Supreme Court has rejected pharmaceutical company Novartis’s application to patent an updated version of its leukaemia drug Glivec, agreeing with the Comptroller General that it lacked novelty. 3 April 2013
Asia
India’s patent office has published final guidelines for examining biotechnology patents, after accepting comments on a draft version published in December. 2 April 2013
Americas
While no court has tested it, Brazilian legislation seems to prohibit pay-for-delay settlements in the pharmaceutical industry. Gabriel Di Blasi argues that it’s time for a test case. 1 April 2013
Americas
On March 16, 2013, the ‘first inventor to file’ provisions of the AIA came into effect. MaryAnne Armstrong looks at the implications. 1 April 2013
Americas
Biocomparable medicines are currently among the hottest topics in regard to life sciences legislation in Mexico. Daniel Sánchez and Victor Ramirez investigate. 1 April 2013
Asia
To read much of the reaction to recent pharmaceutical rulings in India, you might think that the country is waging a war against Western innovation. But while there is certainly cause for concern, that’s not the whole story, as LSIPR finds out. 1 April 2013
Asia
Therapeutic substances used under the folk medicine practices of what is known as ‘traditional knowledge’ are protected by special provisions under Indian patent law. Archana Shanker and Vidisha Garg explore the pros and cons. 1 April 2013
Asia
There are important differences between the Russian and Eurasian procedures in obtaining a patent, especially for inventions in the field of life sciences, as Maria Nilova and Elena Tsvetkova explain. 1 April 2013