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AstraZeneca is planning to build a new global research and development centre in China. 11 November 2019
Americas
The US government is suing Gilead for patent infringement, claiming that the pharmaceutical company has been piggybacking on public research to earn billions from its HIV drugs. 7 November 2019
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The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has dismissed a Russian pharmaceutical company’s antitrust claims against Roche. 7 November 2019
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German pharmaceutical company Stada Arzneimittel has acquired a portfolio of products from Takeda for $660 million. 6 November 2019
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US President Donald Trump has nominated a new commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. 5 November 2019
Pharma
An individual who manufactured and sold counterfeit fentanyl has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by a US court. 4 November 2019
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Roche has entered into a $200 million agreement to licence Dicerna’s GalXC RNAi platform technology to develop novel therapies for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B. 31 October 2019
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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has delivered a blow for Merck in a patent infringement dispute against Gilead, upholding one of its patents as invalid. 31 October 2019
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The Global Drug Facility, which provides tuberculosis treatments to those in need in 150 countries, has listed a new drug to its product catalogue. 31 October 2019
Americas
Allergan has reached a $750 million deal to resolve antitrust litigation brought against its subsidiary Forest Laboratories over Alzheimer’s drug Namenda. 29 October 2019