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Jazz Pharmaceuticals has claimed that Avadel Pharmaceuticals’ proposed narcolepsy drug infringes a patent related to Jazz’s blockbuster treatment Xyrem. 16 November 2021
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Pfizer subsidiary Wyeth Pharmaceuticals has filed a suit jointly with Puma Biotechnology against Sandoz over a patent related to breast cancer drug, Nerlynx. 16 November 2021
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Amgen and two research centres have thrown their support behind Bristol Myers Squibb subsidiary Juno Therapeutics to help restore a $1.1 billion patent judgment against Kite Pharma that was overturned by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 16 November 2021
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The US Patent Trial and Appeal Board will review the validity of two Regeneron Pharmaceuticals patents related to its Eylea (aflibercept) medication. 11 November 2021
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Moderna is facing accusations from the US National Institute of Health that it failed to give due recognition to three scientists as inventors on its COVID-19 vaccine application. 11 November 2021
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Novartis yesterday, November 4, announced that it is selling its entire stake in Roche—equating to 53.3 million bearer shares—back to the Swiss healthcare company for the sum of $20.7 billion. 5 November 2021
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Wholesale buyers of the cholesterol treatment Zetia have won the backing of a US judge for their market definition in an antitrust suit against MSD and Glenmark. 4 November 2021
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Mylan has failed to secure a stay in litigation centring on a melatonin-based insomnia patent at the English High Court. 2 November 2021
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UN-backed public health organisation The Medicine Patent Pool (MPP) has entered into a licence agreement with Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) and others to increase access to molnupiravir (MK-4482, EIDD-2801)—an investigational oral COVID-19 medicine—for low-and-middle-income countries (LMIC). 28 October 2021
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Azurity Pharmaceuticals has sued Florida-based generic manufacturer CoreRx for infringing a pair of patents covering a hypertension drug for children. 28 October 2021