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McDermott Will & Emery

Preliminary Injunction Upheld in Cancer Relapse Detection Case

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the grant of a preliminary injunction (PI) in the biopharmaceutical space, concluding that the plaintiff satisfied the requirements for injunctive relief, including...more

MoFo Life Sciences

Federal Court Invalidates Dosing Patent Based On Clinical Trials Disclosure

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As an essential component of the drug development process, human clinical trials assist in determining whether a given drug will serve its intended purpose, but patent applicants should consider disclosure of such trials in...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Spring Has Sprung Obviousness Trends from the Federal Circuit

There have been only a few precedential decisions from the Federal Circuit related to obviousness since spring sprung. While these decisions have produced mixed results for the lower courts, clinical study protocols have held...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Patentee’s Own Clinical Trial Renders Unpatentable Patent Claims Directed to Antibody Treatment

In a final written decision of an inter partes review proceeding, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board found all 12 claims of a challenged patent unpatentable as either anticipated or obvious. Each ground of unpatentability...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Protecting Innovations in SaMD & Biomedical Applications

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With the ever-growing adaptation of software in all realms of health care, the market for software for medical devices (SaMD) is forecasted to grow 16.7% per year over the next decade and surpass $5 billion by 2032....more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

The Evolving Gene Editing Landscape: From Research Tool to Market

Gene therapies have been the subject of tremendous scientific research and investment. With hundreds of clinical trials in progress and many target applications, the biotechnology, agricultural, and pharmaceutical fields are...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] The National Forum on IP Funding and Tech Strategies for Novel Therapeutic Modalities and Gene Therapies - March 21st -...

Hosted by American Conference Institute (ACI), the National Forum on IP, Funding and Tech Strategies for Novel Therapeutic Modalities and Gene Therapies will highlight leveraging technology, safeguarding IP, and securing...more

Morgan Lewis

USPTO Introduces Cancer Moonshot Expedited Examination Pilot Program

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The Cancer Moonshot Expedited Examination Pilot Program (the new Pilot) will accord special status (earlier examination) to patent applications directed to technologies to prevent cancer and cancer mortality. The new Pilot...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

MarkIt to Market® - September 2022: Watching the Pot™

IP for Psychedelics: Lessons From Biopharma - Following hot on the heels of the cannabis industry is the readily emerging psychedelic industry. Indeed, earlier this month, the Psychedelic Bar Association held its first...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

MarkIt to Market® - September 2022

Thank you for reading the September 2022 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss the how the growing psychedelic industry can learn from the cannabis and biopharma industries regarding...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Conference] FDA Boot Camp - September 14th - 15th, 8:15 am - 1:30 pm EST

Through nearly 19 years, ACI’s FDA Boot Camp has been the training grounds for life sciences attorneys and executives to master the fundamentals of FDA regulation. Don’t miss your opportunity to join their ranks....more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Novartis Pharms. Corp. v. Accord Healthcare, Inc.

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Case Name: Novartis Pharms. Corp. v. Accord Healthcare, Inc., No. 2021-1070, 2022 WL 16759 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 3, 2022) (Circuit Judges Moore, Linn, and O’Malley presiding; Opinion by O’Malley, J.; Dissenting Opinion by Moore,...more

Haug Partners LLP

No Clear Error to Find Lack of Written Description for a Method of Treatment Patent Despite Separate Disclosures of the Drug,...

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Biogen International GMBH, Biogen MA, Inc., v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. marks the Federal Circuit’s most recent interpretation of the 35 U.S.C. § 112 written description requirement in the Hatch-Waxman context. No....more

Sunstein LLP

“We’re Here to Help.” Government’s Ideal Role in Sparking Medical Advances?

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Last month the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to review federal contributions to the R&D of the drug remdesivir and determine government agencies' patent rights to the drug. The GAO determined...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] 36th Annual FDA Boot Camp - March 24th - 25th, 8:15 am - 1:45 pm EDT

ACI’s FDA Boot Camp returns in a completely interactive virtual format to help life sciences attorneys and executives to master the fundamentals of FDA Regulation... Gain essential working knowledge of core FDA concepts,...more

BakerHostetler

Promoting the Progress of Science: Written Description and Enablement

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You’ve finished drafting the patent application for a critical, clinical stage invention. The scientific team wrote up the examples and they even included comparative data. You’ve finalized the claims and specification....more

Haug Partners LLP

When the “States” Come Marching-In: The Bayh-Dole Act’s Effect on IP Rights of COVID-Related Patents and Knowledge Ecology...

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On August 4, 2020, a bipartisan coalition of over 30 attorneys general led by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry sent a letter request to United States Health and Human...more

BakerHostetler

Promoting the Progress of Science: Avoiding Inherent Anticipation

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Congratulations! Your team has made a critical discovery based on its analysis of your company’s clinical data. You want to file a patent application so that your company can secure patent rights for that discovery. Simple,...more

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Promoting the Progress of Science: How Clinical Stage Patent Strategies Can Bring New Pharmaceuticals to Market

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Pharmaceutical companies only need patents for compositions of matter and general methods of use, right? Wrong. Discoveries can happen well into Phase III and IV and pharmaceutical companies should seek patent protection for...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] FDA Boot Camp - September 23rd - 24th, 8:15 am - 12:45 pm EDT

For over 15 years, ACI’s FDA Boot Camp has been the Training Grounds for Life Sciences Attorneys and Executives to Master the Fundamentals of FDA Regulation. Now the conference returns for its 37th iteration, in a fully...more

Goodwin

Alexion and Amgen Settle IPRs Over SOLIRIS (eculizumab)

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Alexion Pharmaceuticals’ SOLIRIS (eculizumab) is approved in the U.S. for the treatment of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PHN), atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), myasthenia gravis (gMG), and neuromyelitis...more

International Lawyers Network

Compulsory Licensing in Russia in the view of COVID-19

Nowadays the sphere of healthcare is becoming one of the mostly discussed because of a mass spread of the coronavirus pandemic (also COVID-19). Confirmed cases of COVID-19 around the world have passed more than a 2.4 million....more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Behold the Prior Art: A (Patentable) Solution to the COVID-19 Pandemic?

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In his (perhaps, what will one day be a) seminal report on the results of a clinical trial, Dr. Didier Raoult and colleagues reported that after six days of administering hydroxychloroquine combined with azithromycin, 100% of...more

Smart & Biggar

2019 Highlights in Canadian Life Sciences IP and Regulatory Law

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In 2019, Rx IP Update reported on a number of developments in Canadian life sciences IP and regulatory law. We review top developments below: 1) PMPRB: Amendments to Regulations will come into force July 1, 2020, court...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Federal Circuit Reverses PTAB On Reasonable Expectation Of Success For TARCEVA Patent

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In OSI Pharmaceuticals LLC v. Apotex, Inc., the Federal Circuit reversed the PTAB’s determination that a Tarceva® patent was invalid as obvious because the decision was not supported by a reasonable expectation of success....more

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