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Bausch & Lomb has accused a Nashville-based ophthalmic company of infringing two patents covering its eye-brightening drops, Lumify. 26 October 2021
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Eli Lilly will have to pay undetermined royalties from the net sale of its diabetes treatment to Research Corporation Technologies, an Arizona judge has ruled. 21 October 2021
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Apple has secured the backing of a major pharmaceutical industry trade association, as it seeks to persuade the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to revisit a case centring on a pair of health sensor patents. 19 October 2021
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A group of 12 Democratic Party members, including Senator Elizabeth Warren, have co-signed a letter calling for the Biden administration to share Moderna’s vaccine technology. 14 October 2021
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The English High Court has found that a challenged claim of Bayer's targeted cancer drug sorafenib is invalid due to obviousness, in a win for Israeli pharmaceutical company Teva Pharmaceuticals. 11 October 2021
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The unpredictable nature of the US legal landscape has arguably kept IP practitioners on tenterhooks over the past decade. 7 October 2021
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The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has found that the US Food and Drug Administration violated the exclusivity of a patent covering a drug for a rare autoimmune disorder, by approving the same treatment specifically for children. 4 October 2021
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Bristol-Myers Squibb has sued India-based generic maker Alembic over claims that a copycat of the blockbuster leukaemia drug Sprycel, infringes a pair of patents. 4 October 2021
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A unit of Hong-Kong based Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings has filed a lawsuit in Beijing accusing private equity firm CBC Group of stealing trade secrets. 30 September 2021
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Pharma giant Novartis has filed a patent suit against Crystal Pharmaceuticals after the rival sought to create a generic version of its heart failure drug Entresto. 30 September 2021