Pharma news
Americas
Eli Lilly is attempting to stop a Chinese company from manufacturing a generic version of blockbuster drug Cialis. 10 April 2018
Asia-Pacific
China’s government has announced plans to implement preferential tax rates to generic drug makers in a bid to encourage the manufacturing of generics. 9 April 2018
Americas
Osiris Therapeutics has accused competitor MiMedx of misappropriating trade secrets in a lawsuit filed earlier this week, in which Osiris has demanded more than $6 million in damages. 5 April 2018
Asia-Pacific
Japan-based Takeda has revealed that it is considering plans to acquire biopharmaceutical company Shire. 3 April 2018
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ordered the Patent and Trial Appeal Board to halt its review of patents covering a dry eye medication while the court considers arguments that tribal immunity protects the patents from board proceedings. 29 March 2018
Pharma
GSK has revealed that it will buy Novartis out of their joint consumer healthcare business. 27 March 2018
Americas
Novartis and Harvard University have teamed up to develop Harvard’s proprietary biomaterial systems to deliver cancer immunotherapies. 23 March 2018
Americas
Novartis has accused competitor Regeneron of patent infringement through the latter’s sale of Eylea and Zaltrap. 22 March 2018
Pharma
The European Commission has approved Bayer’s $62.5 billion acquisition of agrochemical company Monsanto, subject to conditions. 22 March 2018
Americas
A non-profit organisation has requested that the US government take the title of a patent covering Gilead’s sofosbuvir-based hepatitis C medicine. 20 March 2018