Pharma news
Americas
The antibiotics market could lose out for a decade due to inadequate research and development in the area, according to a report published by UK law firm Marks & Clerk today, June 16. 16 June 2015
Americas
US law firm White and Williams has hired George Xixis as a counsel to its Boston office. 12 June 2015
Americas
Pharma company Gilead has been in the headlines since it launched its blockbuster drug Sovaldi with a hefty price tag. Less reported, however, are its numerous patent licensing deals that ensure wider access to medicines in the developing world. LSIPR spoke to Christina Carlson, senior counsel at Gilead Sciences, to find out more. 11 June 2015
Pharma
The English Court of Appeal has issued the latest ruling in the patent dispute between Warner-Lambert and Actavis concerning Lyrica (pregabalin), says Arty Rajendra of Rouse Legal. 11 June 2015
Asia
Police in the Philippines have raided a call centre in Manila whose operators had allegedly been selling counterfeit drugs, including copies of Pfizer’s Viagra (sildenafil), over the phone. 10 June 2015
Pharma
Pfizer has apologised to UK-based healthcare providers for any confusion or increased workload following the English High Court’s decision on a patent infringement case centring on its epilepsy drug Lyrica. 9 June 2015
Americas
Hedge fund manager Kyle Bass has filed another petition for an inter partes review of a patent covering Horizon Pharma’s arthritis drug Vimovo. 9 June 2015
Pharma
The English High Court has ordered Novartis to pay 75% of the defendants’ legal costs in a patent infringement case against Focus Pharmaceuticals, Actavis and Teva. 8 June 2015
Americas
US law firm Taylor English has added Kelly Mullally to its intellectual property practice in Atlanta. 5 June 2015
Americas
California-based pharmaceutical company Prometheus Laboratories has asked the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to reinstate a patent covering its irritable bowel syndrome drug Lotronex. 4 June 2015