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Gilead Sciences has claimed that a group of Florida-based healthcare clinics, pharmacies, and lab testing facilities have “wrongfully captured tens of millions of dollars” through a fraudulent programme. 4 November 2020
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French drugmaker Sanofi and US biotechnology company Regeneron have secured a victory at the European Patent Office, which has sided in their favour by ruling that a patent belonging to rival Amgen is invalid. 30 October 2020
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Cozen O’Connor has hired Jeffrey Gendzwill and Keith Fredlake from Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton into the firm’s Washington, DC office. 28 October 2020
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The final version of guidelines issued by Canada’s federal drug price regulator last week has caused uproar among the pharma industry. 26 October 2020
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The English High Court has lifted a stay on Amgen’s lawsuit which accused Sanofi-Aventis and Regeneron of infringing a patent covering pharmaceuticals which treat elevated cholesterol levels. 23 October 2020
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Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche will pay $350 million for the rights to develop and distribute an investigational COVID-19 antiviral outside of the US. 22 October 2020
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US biotechnology company Seagen has accused Japanese pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo of infringing patents with a recently-approved breast cancer drug. 22 October 2020
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Abbott Laboratories has asked an Illinois court to halt a former employee from using its name and trademarks to sell COVID-19 diagnostic tests. 21 October 2020
Pharma
The English High Court has concluded that Merck Sharp Dohme is not infringing a patent owned by Pfizer through the sale of its pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. 20 October 2020
Pharma
Israeli generics company Teva has withdrawn its oppositions to two patents owned by Shield Therapeutics before the European Patent Office. 19 October 2020