Pharma news
Americas
King & Spalding has boosted its IP practice with two new partners in its trial and global disputes practice group in New York. 10 July 2018
Africa
A lack of blood donors and poor healthcare infrastructure inspired Temie Giwa-Tubosun to develop and deliver a life-saving app. LSIPR spoke to the founder of LifeBank. 10 July 2018
Pharma
Marie-Paule Kieny of the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative is on a mission to remind stakeholders and governments that there is a moral imperative to pursue the fight against neglected diseases, as she tells LSIPR. 9 July 2018
Americas
The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT has expanded its partnership with German pharmaceutical company Bayer to develop new therapies for heart failure. 6 July 2018
Asia-Pacific
France-based Sanofi has announced plans to launch a research and development hub in China to focus on digitalisation and big data analysis. 5 July 2018
Americas
US-based Catalent, which provides delivery technologies for drugs, has agreed to buy Juniper Pharmaceuticals for $133 million. 4 July 2018
Americas
Biotechnology company Genentech has filed a claim against Eli Lilly, alleging that it has infringed a patent relating to a skin treatment. 4 July 2018
Pharma
Novartis has created a platform called Nerve Live that will tap into its “huge data pool” in order to aid drug development. 3 July 2018
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled that a passing mention in the prior art of a formulation that references the claimed ingredient and administration may not be enough to invalidate a patent claim. 2 July 2018
Americas
Holland & Hart has added Loren Hulse as a partner to the firm’s Salt Lake City office. 2 July 2018