Pharma & Biotech Global Week in Review 19 Aug 09 from IP Think Tank
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Nexavar (Sorafenib) – India: Patent linkage killed by Delhi High Court and Bayer fined (Spicy IP)
US: Jim Greenwood on data exclusivity and healthcare innovation (BiotechBlog) (IP Watchdog) (Patent Docs)
SPCs: good for Europe, bad for India? (The SPC Blog)
Strategically challenging transit drug seizures at the WTO: EC vs Netherlands? (Spicy IP)
Pharma patents and article 31bis: where are we now? (IPKat)
Whose right? HIV activists call for people’s property rights (Afro-IP)
Innovation, IP and medical services (IP finance)
Investors saw biotech rebound coming (Patent Docs)
Seeded players – Corporate control in agricultural research (Patenting Lives)
EU: Intellectual Property Institute initiative on paediatric inconsistencies links patent offices (The SPC Blog)
EU: Questions about the codified Regulation No 469/2009 (The SPC Blog)
India: Government of India accepts conclusions of Mashelkar Committee Report (Spicy IP) (Spicy IP)
US: Is biotech/pharma beginning to bounce back? (Patent Docs)
US: BIO files amicus brief in Bilski (Patent Docs)
US: Jim Greenwood on data exclusivity and healthcare innovation (BiotechBlog) (IP Watchdog) (Patent Docs)
US: European biosimilars market may hint at limited US threat (GenericsWeb)
US: Chris Hansen on the Myriad lawsuit (Patents4Life)
Effexor (Venlafaxine) – US: Wyeth files suit alleging Alphapharm’s Enlafax infringes its Venlafaxine patent; Generic Health, which recently registered eight Venlafaxine products, not named in the suit (GenericsWeb)
Eloxatin (Oxaliplatin) – US: Hospira stops selling generic Oxaliplatin following Sanofi-Aventis commencing court proceedings to block shipments (GenericsWeb)
Gemzar (Gemcitabine) – US: District Court E D Michigan grants partial summary judgment invalidating Lilly’s method-of-use patent for Gemzar (GenericsWeb)
Nexavar (Sorafenib) – India: Patent linkage killed by Delhi High Court and Bayer fined (Spicy IP)
Pulmicort (Budesonide) – US: AstraZeneca files patent infringement suit against Breath over ANDA to manufacture generic Pulmicort (Patent Docs)
Stelara (Ustekinumab) – US: Abbott files patent infringement suit against Centocor Ortho Biotech over its Stelara product (Patent Docs)
Tamiflu (Oseltamivir) – India: In favour of allowing retail sales of Tamiflu (Spicy IP)
Ultram (Tramadol) – US: Par Pharmaceutical wins on invalidity in Ultram litigation against Purdue, Ortho-McNeils (SmartBrief) (GenericsWeb)
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