MedTech news
Americas
Varian Medical Systems, a radiation oncology treatments and software maker, has filed a lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment of non-infringement in a patent dispute with Swedish cancer treatment company Elekta. 27 October 2016
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit yesterday rejected Medtronic’s petition for a rehearing of a patent case against Bosch. 21 October 2016
Americas
The US Food and Drug Administration has awarded 21 new clinical trial research grants totalling more than $23 million in order to boost the development of products for patients with rare diseases. 20 October 2016
Americas
Law firm Goodwin has hired Scott Lassman to join its Washington, DC office as a partner in the life sciences practice. 19 October 2016
Americas
Pfizer has agreed to sell its infusion therapy business to US medical manufacturer ICU Medical for $1 billion. 11 October 2016
Pharma
On December 7, LSIPR will be hosting the Life Sciences Patents Network Europe 2016 at the Bloomsbury Hotel in London. Here we preview the main talking points. 7 October 2016
Americas
Enzo Life Sciences, a distributor of life sciences products, has filed a complaint against diagnostics supplier Hologic for allegedly infringing a patent centring on several technologies. 5 October 2016
Americas
Law firm White & Case has hired Charles Larsen as a partner in its global intellectual property practice in Boston. 23 September 2016
Europe
A decision by Germany’s Federal Court of Justice has developed the concept of the ‘doctrine of equivalents’, possibly benefiting pharma patent owners, say Bernd Allekotte and Markus Grammel of Grünecker. 20 September 2016
Pharma
Ahead of the Life Sciences IP Summit 2016 from October 20 to 21 at the Hilton London Paddington Hotel, Sarah Porch of C5 previews the main talking points, including Brexit and the UPC. 16 September 2016