BIO Reverses Support for WuXi AppTec Amid Security Concerns, Plans Legislative Shift
The Biotech Innovation Organization (BIO), a US-based industry lobbying group, has reversed its stance on...
Legal / IP
BeiGene Launches Legal Action Against Sandoz and MSN Over Brukinsa Patent Infringement
BeiGene Ltd. (NASDAQ: BGNE; HKG: 6160; SHA: 688235), the China-based biotech firm, has initiated patent...
US Senate Committee Backs Bill to Restrict Chinese Biotechnology Firms’ Access to American Genetic Data
The U.S. Senate’s homeland security committee has voted 11-1 in favor of the Prohibiting Foreign...
AlzeCure Pharma’s Alzheimer’s Drug Candidate ACD856 Receives Global Patent Awards
AlzeCure Pharma, a Swedish pharmaceutical company, has announced the receipt of patent approval awards for...
Sandoz Agrees to $265 Million Settlement in U.S. Generic Drug Antitrust Case
Sandoz (SIX: SDZ), the Swiss-based pharmaceutical company, announced this week that its U.S. subsidiaries have...
GSK and Peers Respond to FTC Criticism, Withdraw Patent Listings from US Orange Book
Three pharmaceutical companies, including the UK’s GSK (NYSE: GSK), have responded to the Federal Trade...
Luye Pharma’s Paliperidone Palmitate NDA Avoids Patent Lawsuit, Clears Path for FDA Approval
Luye Pharma Group (HKG: 2186), a China-based pharmaceutical company, has announced that the New Drug...
Eli Lilly’s Olumiant Patent Invalidated in China, Generic Version Approved
The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has declared the compound patent CN200980116857.7 for Eli...
Shanghai Medical Products Administration Issues Trial Measures for Pharmaceutical Quality and Safety Personnel
The Shanghai medical products administration has released the “Measures for the Management of Key Quality...
USPTO Invalidates Key Seagen-Held Patent in ADC Conjugation Dispute with Daiichi Sankyo
In a surprising turn of events in the ongoing intellectual property dispute, the US Patent...
Shanghai Enhances Biomedicine IP Protection with New Procurement-Linked Measures
The Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration (SIPA) has issued a notification highlighting the city’s intensified efforts...
WuXi Biologics’ Innovative Bispecific Platform WuXiBody Secures US Patent
WuXi Biologics (HKG: 2269), a leading China-based Contract Research, Development, and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO), has...
China’s National People’s Congress Approves Stricter Punishments for Sector-Specific Bribery
The 7th meeting of the 14th National People’s Congress Standing Committee has passed the latest...
Daiichi Sankyo and Esperion Therapeutics Amend Collaboration on Antilipidemic Drugs
Daiichi Sankyo (TYO: 4568)’s European subsidiary, a Japanese pharmaceutical company, has entered into a collaboration...
Servier Faces $475 Million Penalty Over Banned Antidiabetic Drug Mediator in France
French pharmaceutical company Servier has been ordered by a French court to pay €430.6 million...
J&J Shareholders Cleared to Sue Over Hidden Asbestos Risks in Talc Products
A US federal court has granted permission for certain Johnson & Johnson (J&J; NYSE: JNJ)...
CNIPA Releases Updated Patent Law Rules with Pharma Industry in Focus
The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has announced the “Decisions of the State Council...
Medtronic Exits $738 Million Deal to Acquire EOFlow Amid Regulatory and Legal Challenges
U.S.-based Medtronic plc has announced its withdrawal from a previously agreed deal to fully acquire...
AbbVie Sues to Protect Rinvoq from Generic Competition in the US Market
AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) has initiated legal action in the US to safeguard its blockbuster drug...
Bayer Halts Late-Stage Trial for Asundexian After Underperformance
Germany-headquartered Bayer (ETR: BAYN) announced the termination of a late-stage trial for its antithrombotic candidate...