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AstraZeneca has won a three-year legal battle against UK generics manufacturer Mylan Pharmaceuticals over its asthma inhaler patents. 9 March 2021
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The director general of the World Health Organization has called for a waiver on IP rights to ensure more equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. 9 March 2021
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On June 24, 2020, a seven-year long legal battle between two biotech companies finally concluded in the UK. 8 March 2021
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UK innovation hub CPI has received a further £5 million investment from the UK government to support the development of new mRNA vaccines to protect against new variants of COVID-19. 4 March 2021
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GlaxoSmithKline has avoided paying $57 million in damages after a US supreme court reversed a ruling that the pharmaceutical company should not have stopped issuing royalties on a lupus drug. 4 March 2021
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Los Angeles company Puma Biotechnology and Beijing-based CANBridge Pharmaceuticals have cancelled a 2018 licensing deal which gave the latter exclusive rights to a breast cancer drug in China. 2 March 2021
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Chinese genome sequencing company BGI has been given the go-ahead to appeal an English High Court ruling in an ongoing lawsuit launched by competitor Illumina regarding its DNA sequencing patents. 25 February 2021
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Innovation by medical and pharma sectors has increased over the past year in the wake of the pandemic, a new report by IP services company Clarivate has confirmed. 23 February 2021
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Bayer Healthcare is suing medical devices manufacturer Ecomed Solutions over allegedly patent-infringing syringes. 23 February 2021
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AbbVie and its Korean partner Medytox have settled a trade secret dispute with competitor Evolus over the sale of a rival botox competitor drug Jeuveau. 23 February 2021