Pharma news
Americas
Procter & Gamble has announced plans to buy the consumer health business of Merck KGaA for €3.4 billion. 24 April 2018
Asia-Pacific
Japan-based Takeda has upped its offer to buy Ireland-headquartered Shire for the fourth time, raising its bid to approximately £44 billion. 23 April 2018
Americas
The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe and Allergan have filed a brief in a dispute over whether tribal sovereign immunity can protect patents from the inter partes review (IPR) at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). 20 April 2018
Americas
US-based law firm Brinks Gilson & Lione has expanded its biopharma practice group in Salt Lake City, Utah, by adding Kenton Walker to the team. 19 April 2018
Americas
Two trademark oppositions against Pfizer have been suspended as the parties are engaged in negotiations to settle the disputes. 19 April 2018
Americas
Courts have not always been able to appreciate the complexities around antibody patents, causing problems for innovation and investment, says Eli Lilly patent counsel Duane Marks in an interview with LSIPR. 17 April 2018
Americas
The founder of a Canadian online pharmacy has been sentenced to house arrest and his company fined $34 million for importing counterfeit drugs into the US. 16 April 2018
Americas
Vanda Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company based in Washington, DC, secured a win late last week when the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found a patent covering its schizophrenia drug to be patentable. 16 April 2018
Pharma
Ireland-based Cosmo Pharmaceuticals has lost a legal battle against Valeant Pharmaceuticals, costing it $3 million. 16 April 2018
Asia
Japan-based Chugai Pharmaceuticals has announced it has withdrawn its patent infringement claim against generic anti-cancer business Nippon Kayaku. 12 April 2018