Topic: Pharmaceuticals

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UPC’s first ever pharma preliminary injunction decisions add to patentees’ losing streak

Alexion Pharmaceuticals denied PI requests against biosimilar eculizumab producers Amgen and Samsung Bioepis

27 June 2024

Watershed moment as preliminary injunction granted in US biosimilar dispute

Regeneron’s PI against Samsung Bioepis in ongoing aflibercept litigation follows several failed attempts to obtain interim bans by biologic patentees

18 June 2024

Three crucial lessons to navigate IP and regulatory devils in medical innovation

Advice for biotech-pharma innovators to manage IP strategy while taking the risky gamble of introducing new drugs or medical devices to market

14 June 2024

Delhi High Court’s reversal of Novartis injunction provides further guidance on India’s controversial Section 3(d) requirement

Pendulum swings in favour of local generic drugmaker Natco in long-running Indian pharma dispute against Novartis

12 June 2024

Bristol-Myers wins one and loses one in Europe-wide Eliquis war

The wildly inconsistent decisions produced by the region’s national courts underscore the potential appeal of the Unified Patent Court

07 June 2024

Samsung’s ‘unclean hands’ dismissal victory was very rare

Docket Navigator research shows unclean hands unenforceability is exceedingly uncommon – succeeding in just three other cases since 2008

03 June 2024

The top Chinese patent holders adding Brazil to their strategic maps

Huawei and pharma giant Hengrui Pharmaceuticals are among the top patent filers in Latin America’s hottest IP jurisdiction

30 May 2024

Bayer suffers big blow at UK Court of Appeal, clearing path for generic Xarelto launches

The German company remains involved in more than 70 proceedings across 20-plus European countries

28 May 2024

The UPC may be reaching a turning point for pharma patent cases

Saturday Opinion: Use of the pan-European court by drug patentees picks up pace as Sanofi takes aim at four generics

25 May 2024

Pfizer unit awarded $108 million for AstraZeneca infringement by Delaware jury

But big money pharma patent damages have a habit of being overturned

21 May 2024

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