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Big Pharma
The search for clarity goes on as Broad gears up for another set of legal challenges, as Claire Irvine, partner at HGF, explains. 6 March 2020
Americas
Drugmakers including Gilead Sciences must face antitrust claims related to HIV drugs, after the US District Court for the District of Florida on Monday, March 3 refused to fully throw out a class-action suit implicating the company. 5 March 2020
Big Pharma
Cooley has grown its IP litigation practice with the addition of partners Sanya Sukduang and Jonathan Davies, who will be based in Washington, DC. 5 March 2020
Americas
Biotech company Bioverativ has accused CSL Behring of infringing three patents covering its haemophilia B treatment Alprolix. 5 March 2020
Asia
India has imposed export restrictions on drugs and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), including paracetamol, amid fears over COVID-19-related shortages. 4 March 2020
Big Pharma
Biotech Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced plans to acquire Dutch diagnostics group Qiagen for $11.5 billion. 3 March 2020
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April Weisbruch has joined McDermott Will & Emery as an IP partner, moving from Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, where she worked as an IP associate. 3 March 2020
Americas
Gilead Sciences has agreed a $4.9 billion deal to buy California-based immuno-oncology company Forty Seven. 2 March 2020
Big Pharma
The US Food and Drug Administration has revealed a COVID-19-related shortage of a drug, adding to concerns that the virus has the potential to massively disrupt medical supply chains. 2 March 2020
Big Pharma
UK-based pharmaceutical manufacturer Comb International, owner of the ‘Vagisil’ trademark, has successfully challenged the ‘Vagisan’ trademark at the Intellectual Property Office Singapore. 28 February 2020