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Insilico Medicine signs $200m AI drug discovery deal
Hong Kong-based Insilico Medicine has agreed an artificial intelligence breast cancer drug discovery partnership worth a potential $200 million with a Chinese pharmaceutical company.
US biotech licenses antibody from Takeda for new kidney drugs
Goldfinch Bio, a US company focused on developing treatments for kidney disease, has agreed to license a cannabinoid receptor 1 antibody from Japanese pharmaceutical manufacturer Takeda.
Taiwanese firm accuses Pacific Biosciences of infringing sequencing tech
Taiwan-based Personal Genomics Taiwan has taken gene-sequencing rival Pacific Biosciences to court in the US, over alleged patent infringement.
Taiwanese biotech abandons drug R&D under Genentech MoU
Taiwanese company JHL Biotech will stop developing biosimilar versions of Genentech’s drugs as part of a memorandum of understanding signed by the parties to end trade secrets litigation.
Lupin and Boehringer enter $720m anti-cancer drug partnership
Indian drugmaker Lupin and German pharma company Boehringer Ingelheim have formed an alliance to develop a therapy for patients with difficult-to-treat cancers.
Counterfeit HPV vaccines seized in Hong Kong
Hong Kong customs authorities have carried out a series of raids resulting in the seizure of counterfeit vaccines worth over HKD $1 million, some containing poison.
Pepsi drops litigation against Indian farmers
PepsiCo India is withdrawing its lawsuits against nine farmers in the Gujarat region who it accused of growing a protected variety of potato used to make the company’s ‘Lay’s’ brand of crisps.
Pepsi offers to settle Indian potato dispute amid criticism
PepsiCo India is attempting to settle a lawsuit against four Indian farmers who the food and drink company say infringed its IP by growing a protected variety of potato.
Duane Morris hires Winston & Strawn lawyer
Duane Morris & Selvam has strengthened its IP practice with the addition of John Alison from Winston & Strawn.
WHO to begin working on gene editing research registry
World Health Organization (WHO) experts have called for central registry on human genome editing research is needed, among a committee consensus that it would be irresponsible for any scientist to conduct gene-editing studies in people.
