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Partner Dan Shores will present a webinar titled "mRNA Patent Wars Update: Litigations Expand and Key Rulings Expected in 2025" for Medmarc, the leading expert in the products liability risks facing medical technology and...more
On April 3, 2025, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Pfizer filed a stipulation to dismiss with prejudice GSK’s litigation in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware....more
To date, 2024 has not yet seen the type of mega-merger (Pfizer/Seagen) or level of agency enforcement (Sanofi/Maze or Amgen/Horizon) as 2023. But two notable investigations — one still active — show the Federal Trade...more
PFIZER INC. v. SANOFI PASTEUR INC. - Before Lourie, Bryson, and Stark. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board....more
European Commission Orders Unprecedented Unwinding Of Illumina’s Acquisition of GRAIL. For the first time, the European Commission has ordered reversal of a consummated transaction, Illumina Inc.’s 2021 acquisition of GRAIL...more
On Friday, Dr. Albert Bourla, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pfizer, sent an open letter to Pfizer employees regarding the U.S. Trade Representative's announcement last week that the Biden-Harris Administration...more
About Life Sciences Court Report: We will periodically report on recently filed biotech and pharma litigation. Allergan USA, Inc. v. Prollenium US Inc. 1-20-cv-00104; filed January 23, 2020 in the District Court of Delaware...more
It has been nearly 10 years since the U.S. Biosimilars Pathway (the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act) was enacted. The first biosimilar product in U.S. history was approved and launched in 2015. Ten biosimilars...more
About the PTAB Life Sciences Report: periodically, we will report on developments at the PTAB involving life sciences patents. Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Sanofi Aventis Deutschland GmbH - PTAB Petition: ...more
The year 2017 was one of the most significant years for Canadian Life Sciences IP and Regulatory Law in Canada’s history. The year saw major developments in patent linkage, patent term, and substantive patent issues. As we...more
About the PTAB Life Sciences Report: Each month we will report on developments at the PTAB involving life sciences patents. Pfizer Inc. v. Biogen, Inc and Genentech, Inc. PTAB Petition: IPR2017-02126; filed October 6,...more
About the PTAB Life Sciences Report: Each month we will report on developments at the PTAB involving life sciences patents. Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries, Ltd. v. Novartis AG - PTAB Petition: IPR2017-01929; filed...more
In one of the first Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA) litigations to reach trial, a jury on Friday awarded Amgen $70 million in damages for Pfizer’s infringement of one of Amgen’s expired patents...more
About the PTAB Life Sciences Report: Each month we will report on developments at the PTAB involving life sciences patents. Pfizer, Inc. v. Biogen, Inc. PTAB Petition: IPR2017-01115; filed March 24, 2017....more
The following are highlights of developments in Canadian life sciences intellectual property and regulatory law in 2016, updating our 2016 mid-year highlights. 1. Substantive patent law developments - Utility and...more