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Two subsidiaries of Ireland-based Jazz Pharmaceuticals have failed in their bid to challenge the jurisdiction of the English High Court in a dispute with Tokyo-headquartered Otsuka Pharmaceutical over a cannabis sativa collaboration. 4 May 2022
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US pharmaceutical and medical device industries have expressed concerns regarding the policies of several countries, according to the Office of the US Trade Representatives. 28 April 2022
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Senator Elizabeth Warren has urged the US Department of Health and Human Services to “break patent barriers” in order to foster competition to lower prescription drug prices. 26 April 2022
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Irish biopharmaceutical company Alkermes has entered arbitration proceedings over two license agreements with Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals. 21 April 2022
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Nova Chemicals has asked Canada’s top court to revisit a historic patent damages award of CAD$645 million won by Dow Chemical at the country’s federal court of appeal. 21 April 2022
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In a victory for Novartis, the Delhi High Court in India has issued a permanent injunction against two India-based companies which had allegedly sought to make a generic version of the Hepatitis C treatment, Revolade. 19 April 2022
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The US Supreme Court has asked the Solicitor General to wade in on a case centring on the legal concept of enablement that is the crux of an antibody patent dispute between Amgen and Sanofi. 19 April 2022
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The ‘joint applicants’ approach to PCT applications would provide an elegant solution to issues of who is entitled to priority claims in PCT applications, suggests Chiara Banas of EIP. 14 April 2022
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GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to acquire California-based biopharma company Sierra Oncology for $1.9 billion, in a move that bolsters the UK company’s cancer business. 14 April 2022
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The US Patent Trial and Appeal Board has agreed to review claims of a Seagen patent that Daiichi Sankyo was found to have infringed with its Enhertu breast cancer treatment. 11 April 2022