European Patent Office rules in favour of Sanofi and Regeneron concerning Praluent (alirocumab)

29 October 2020 - Ruling invalidates Amgen’s European patent claims directed to PCSK9 antibodies relevant to Praluent (alirocumab). ...

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Moderna vows to not enforce COVID-19 vaccine patents during pandemic

8 October 2020 - The company is also willing to license the technology behind its experimental coronavirus vaccine. ...

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AstraZeneca vaccine document shows limit of no-profit pledge

8 October 2020 - Company has right under contract to declare pandemic over by July 2021. ...

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Direct or indirect comparison: reliance on innovative drug data key to engaging data protection

15 August 2020 - The Federal Court recently issued its decision in Natco v Canada (Minister of Health), 2020 FC 788, ...

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Moderna’s mysterious coronavirus vaccine delivery system

29 July 2020 - For a decade, Moderna has been working to develop mRNA technology that could turn the body’s cells ...

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Coronavirus puts big pharma’s IP regime to the test

21 April 2020 - “Chaotic” is how Jorge Contreras, a law professor at the University of Utah, describes a struggle ...

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Expanding access and reducing prices for drugs to prevent HIV. Should Government enforce its patent rights against the pharmaceutical industry?

3 March 2020 - On November 6, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) filed a lawsuit against Gilead ...

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Institutional investors urging Congress to vote down CUSMA, citing effect on drug prices

23 September 2019 - A group of institutional investors representing more than US$500 billion is calling on the U.S. Congress ...

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Big Pharma is abusing patents, and it's hurting Americans

12 September 2019 - The American patent system has, since our nation's founding, served as a cornerstone of innovation. But ...

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Subscription model for antibiotic development

6 September 2019 - An unlikely answer to the global crisis in antibiotic resistance. ...

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Gilead files challenge to government patents for HIV prevention pill

21 August 2019 - Gilead Sciences took the unusual step of mounting a challenge to U.S. government patents on Wednesday, ...

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Chinese stealing health and medical research data: report

21 August 2019 - The global healthcare sector, including Australia, faces increasing cyber threats and malicious activity from Chinese groups, ...

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Is ‘competitive licensing’ proposed in HR 1046 practical for lowering drug prices?

29 July 2019 - The pricing of prescription drugs is a source of current public consternation in the US.  ...

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Intellectual property law amends will add to business uncertainty

26 July 2019 - Medicines Australia supports efforts to strengthen Australia’s Intellectual Property arrangements to be consistent with international best ...

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How pharma, under attack from all sides, keeps winning in Washington

16 July 2019 - It does not seem to matter how angrily President Trump tweets, how pointedly House Speaker Nancy ...

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