Pharma news
Pharma
India’s Department of Pharmaceuticals has removed a price cap from a range of essential patented drugs used in the treatment of rare diseases. 7 January 2019
Pharma
Teva Pharmaceuticals has announced that it has resolved a dispute with Amgen over Teva’s generic cinacalcet HCI product. 4 January 2019
Americas
American pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb has announced it is purchasing drug manufacturer Celgene in a $74 billion deal. 3 January 2019
Americas
Nuvo Pharmaceuticals has acquired the rights covering more than 20 drugs from fellow Canadian company Aralez Pharmaceuticals. 2 January 2019
Pharma
A US district court has invalidated two patents owned by American pharmaceutical firm Hospira, in a victory for German healthcare company Fresenius Kabi. 21 December 2018
Americas
Pharmaceutical companies GSK and Pfizer yesterday announced that they will combine their consumer health businesses into a new joint venture with sales of approximately £9.8 billion ($12.7 billion). 20 December 2018
Pharma
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved an application by pharmaceutical company Teva to re-open and modify its decision and order regarding the 2012 merger of Actavis and Watson Pharmaceuticals. 19 December 2018
Americas
John Zurawski has joined Ballard Spahr as a partner in Philadelphia, after spending more than two years at McCarter & English. 19 December 2018
Americas
The University of Wisconsin’s licensing arm, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, “improperly favoured” its own interests in breach of a contract related to patent licensing, according to Senior District Judge Joseph Bataillon. 19 December 2018
Pharma
The English High Court has ruled in favour of GSK in its patent dispute with Vectura, a UK-based pharmaceutical company which specialises in inhalable medicaments. 17 December 2018