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MoFo BioMeter - Volume 2, Issue 1: February 2013

Phase 2 Deals Dominate Q4 and Full Year 2012 - Morrison & Foerster is pleased to release the MoFo BioMeter for the fourth quarter of 2012 and for the full year of 2012. The fourth quarter of 2012 saw an uptick in...more

China Life Sciences - January 2013

In This Issue: Investor Q&A; Key Regulatory Issues for Strategic Life Sciences Partnerships in China; Compulsory Patent Licensing in China; and New Developments on the “Patentable Subject Matter” Requirement of U.S....more

Introducing the MoFo BioMeter

Morrison & Foerster is pleased to introduce the MoFo BioMeter™, an index developed to measure the health of the biotechnology industry. BioMeter takes the pulse of the industry by looking at a key measure of deal...more

Sound the Alarm?—The Supreme Court’s Renewed Interest in Life Sciences Patents Could Create Additional Hurdles Across the Field

First, there was Mayo v. Prometheus, where the Supreme Court found the medical diagnostic methods at issue were not patentable subject matter. Then, the Court sent Myriad back to the Federal Circuit, for further consideration...more