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IP waiver for COVID vaccines misses the mark in vaccinating the world
14 June 2022 - Vaccinating the world remains a priority and proposals to weaken the intellectual property for COVID-19 vaccines ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jun 2022
U.S. Senators ask regulators to clear drug patent 'thickets'
9 June 2022 - Letter asks U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to crack down on "highly similar" patents for single ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 May 2022
Understanding ‘evergreening’: making minor modifications of existing medications to extend protections
17 May 2022 - Recent studies have examined strategic behaviours in the pharmaceutical industry that extend patent and regulatory protection, known ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 May 2022
Pfizer settles two lawsuits, starts another over etanercept biosimilar in Australia
17 May 2022 - After agreeing to settle with Amgen over its oncology biosimilars, Pfizer issued a new patent lawsuit ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Mar 2022
Leaked TRIPS proposal misguided about improving global COVID-19 vaccination rates
24 March 2022 - The leaked proposal on the waiver on intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines is misguided and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Mar 2022
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals and KYE Pharmaceuticals announce a second favourable Canadian Federal Court ruling setting aside approval of Ruzurgi
11 March 2022 - Catalyst Pharmaceuticals and KYE Pharmaceuticals today announced receipt of a favourable decision from the Federal Court of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Feb 2022
Updating the Bayh-Dole Act; march-in rights and transparency
24 February 2022 - The Patent and Trademark Law Amendments Act (Bayh-Dole Act [35 USC §200-212]) was enacted in 1980 and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Feb 2022
Patent box legislation to promote Australian innovation
11 February 2022 - Medicines Australia notes the introduction of patent box legislation, Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Concession for Australian ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jan 2022
Pfizer pushes to intervene in lawsuit seeking COVID vaccine information from FDA
27 January 2022 - Pfizer wants to intervene in a Texas federal lawsuit seeking information from the U.S. FDA used ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jan 2022
Patent thickets are thwarting U.S. availability of lower cost biosimilar medicines, study finds
18 January 2022 - Amid debate over competition in the pharmaceutical industry, a new analysis found just 6% of patents ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Sep 2021
Data protection scheme for assessed listed medicines
29 September 2021 - The TGA has implemented a data protection scheme for assessed listed medicines. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Sep 2021
Medicines Australia and AusBiotech say COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver will not speed up global vaccination
15 September 2021 - Medicines Australia and AusBiotech, the peak bodies representing the Australian innovative pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors, urge ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Sep 2021
A court decision on “skinny labeling” another challenge for less expensive drugs
13 September 2021 - Brand name drugs, such as apixaban (Eliquis) and lenalidomide (Revlimid), account for approximately 80% of US drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Sep 2021
Reimagining pharmaceutical market exclusivities: should the duration of guaranteed monopoly periods be value based?
13 September 2021 - The amount of time in which brand pharmaceutical markets are protected does not correspond with the products’ ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Sep 2021
Joint statement of support for an Australian Patent Box
13 September 2021 - Australia’s health innovators support the introduction of a Patent Box, and we welcome this initiative by the ...