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A&O Shearman

Key antitrust findings - May 2024

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This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. David Higbee (Global Head of Antitrust) and Dominic Long (Global Deputy Head of Antitrust) are our editors this month....more

Vicente LLP

A Wake-up Call from Down Under: Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration Reschedules Psilocybin and MDMA

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As Matt Zorn discussed here and in this opinion piece with Chris Koddermann, Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) recently approved a request to reschedule psilocybin and MDMA under that country’s drug...more

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Ankura CTIX FLASH Update - January 2023 - 3

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New SEO Poisoning Campaign Utilizing "Gootkit" Malware Loader Targets the Australian Healthcare Sector - The operators of the "Gootkit" malware loader (otherwise known as "Gootloader") have started a new search engine...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Is Rapid Really a Good Thing? — FDA-Approved Over-the-Counter COVID-19 Test Recalled

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Over 400,000 COVID-19 rapid test kits have been recalled by Australian manufacturer Ellume. The reason? Way too many false positive results. “At Ellume, we understand that trust is central to fulfilling our purpose...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Seyfarth Global Immigration Update: December 2019

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United Kingdom - Expansion of Shortage Occupation List for Immigration Purposes - The Shortage Occupation List (SOL) has recently been updated in accordance with the recommendations of the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC)....more

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Australia Concerned About Stryker Made LFIT Femoral Heads

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On September 27, 2016, the Department of Health Therapeutic Goods Administration (the Australian equivalent of the Food & Drug Administration) issued a hazard alert relating to LFIT Anatomic CoCr V40 femoral heads...more

Knobbe Martens

Organovo Forms Partnership with University of Queensland to Print Human Kidney Tissue

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The government of Queensland, Australia recently announced a partnership between San Diego-based Organovo and UniQuest, the commercialization arm of the University of Queensland. According to Organovo’s website, the company...more

Pillsbury - Global Sourcing Practice

Public Sector Outsourcing: Events and Lessons from 2013

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2013 was not a stellar year for public sector outsourcing. As we reported in an earlier blog article, Indiana is appealing judgment in an ongoing court battle with IBM over a troubled welfare claims processing project....more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

News from Down Under -- High Court of Australia Confirms That Claims to Methods of Medical Treatment Are Patentable in Australia

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In the decision of Apotex Pty Ltd v Sanofi-Aventis Australia Pty Ltd [2013] HCA 50 (order), the High Court of Australia, Australia's supreme court, confirmed that methods of medical treatment are a "manner of manufacture" and...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Australian High Court confirms that methods of medical treatment of the human body are patentable inventions

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On 4 December 2013, the High Court of Australia handed down a decision confirming that methods of medical treatment can fall within the scope of patentable subject-matter....more

K&L Gates LLP

Breaking News - High Court of Australia Confirms That Methods of Medical Treatment are Patentable

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The High Court of Australia yesterday issued its long awaited decision in a dispute between Apotex Pty Ltd (Apotex) and Sanofi-Aventis Australia Pty Ltd and related entities (collectively, Sanofi) concerning Sanofi's...more

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