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Biotechnology
Biotech firm agrees licence deal days after its gene editing treatment gets landmark FDA approval | Patents owned by the Broad Institute protect technology sold via Editas Medicines. 14 December 2023
Genetics
Novelty and inventive step of patent owned by ERS Genomics and Emmanuelle Charpentier withstand challenge at Japan Patent Office | Invalidity proceedings also rejected by JPO in 2021. 14 December 2023
Big Pharma
Court rules that patent must be later-filed to be available as OTDP reference | MSN had submitted ANDA for generic version of Parkinson’s treatment Nuplazid. 14 December 2023
Big Pharma
US government takes on price gouging in latest raft of proposals | IP attorney says the “unfortunate decision” will deter future public-private collaboration | Move prompts concern over government's future use of march-in rights. 12 December 2023
Asia
A Korean district court has applied a landmark ruling in a complicated vaccine dispute involving Pfizer, explain Young Kim, Yu-Seog WON, In Hwan Kim, and Amy Oh of Kim & Chang. 12 December 2023
Big Pharma
Hearing is latest in dispute between the biotech research firms | Multi-jurisdictional case concerns patents relating to the in-situ detection of analytes. 12 December 2023
Big Pharma
Case dismissed with settlement between Novartis and Daiichi Sankyo unit | Melanoma therapy at centre of feud after Novartis faced infringement claims over Tafinlar. 7 December 2023
Big Pharma
The UK pharmaceutical company filed three lawsuits against Sun Pharma | Sun’s abbreviated new drug application for generic versions of diabetes medications sparks fightback. 7 December 2023
Biotechnology
Emcure fends off COVID-19 trade secrets suit in Washington | A US biotech had inked a short-lived deal with Indian generic pharma company’s subsidiary. 5 December 2023
Big Pharma
USPTO director remanded case back to PTAB after it denied post-grant review of Spruce patents | Judges determined likelihood of claims being unpatentable due to prior art and lack of written description. 5 December 2023