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The National Health Service, the UK’s government-run health system, has partnered with Gilead Sciences, Merck Sharp and Dohme and AbbVie to help eliminate hepatitis C in England. 3 May 2019
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AstraZeneca has begun collaborating with UK-headquartered artificial intelligence company BenevolentAI to use AI and machine learning for the discovery and development of new treatments. 2 May 2019
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Amgen and Roche have filed a joint patent infringement claim against Samsung’s biopharmaceutical company Bioepis. 1 May 2019
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A division of Novartis has entered into an agreement with Taiwan-based EirGenix to market a medicine which treats some cancer tumours. 1 May 2019
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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a series of Patent Trial and Appeal Board inter partes reviews, which upheld a patent owned by Eli Lilly late last week. 29 April 2019
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The six antitrust class-action lawsuits that have been brought against AbbVie could result in more scrutiny of settlement agreements between the innovator and the biosimilar manufacturer, with potential antitrust complications. 29 April 2019
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There’s alarm in the scientific community because of how broadly the principles of the Mayo test for section 101 are being used to strike down patents on profound innovations and discoveries. 26 April 2019
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The Delhi High Court has cleared two Indian drug companies to export a cancer drug and blood thinner, both patented by Bayer, for the purposes of development and clinical trials for regulatory clearances. 25 April 2019
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Biotech and pharmaceutical companies have submitted an amicus brief urging an appeals court to rethink a ruling, which invalidated a patent exclusively licensed by Athena Diagnostics. 25 April 2019
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Eli Lilly has entered into a $35m global licensing and research agreement with biotech company Avidity Biosciences. 25 April 2019