Pharmaceuticals Archives

Partial success for Millenium Pharma in battle over Velcade in Paris

In the cross-border dispute over anti-cancer drug Velcade, Millenium, Jansen and Cilag have seen a partial success in France. In a ruling handed down ...

7 May 2026 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

COVID-19 drug

UPC revokes Chinese military medical research institute's remdesivir patent

Gilead has successfully contested a patent that jeopardised its business with the COVID-19 drug Veklury based on remdesivir. The Milan central divisio ...

6 May 2026 by Christina Schulze

Cases

Parkinson's drug

German Federal Patent Court grants SPC for safinamide

Following a negative assessment by the German Patent and Trademarks Office, Newron and Zambon have had a significant win with the German Federal Paten ...

5 May 2026 by Christina Schulze

Cases

Multiple sclerosis drug

Merz and A&O overturn PI decision in Fampyra case in second instance at the UPC

After a defeat at first instance, Merz has now succeeded in obtaining a PI in its fight to protect Fampyra at the Court of Appeal. Viatris is now bann ...

29 April 2026 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

MS drug

Biogen is entitled to damages in Tecfidera case rules Regional Court Hamburg

Biogen can claim damages from several generics companies for the commercialisation of their dimethyl fumarate generics before the end of Tecfidera's m ...

27 April 2026 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Multiple sclerosis drug

Merz and A&O gain sales ban for generic fampridine products in Germany

Generic drug manufacturers may no longer sell their fampridine products on the German market. At the request of patent holder Merz, Munich Regional Co ...

20 April 2026 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Opioid antagonists

Lundbeck and Biogaran fight in Milan and Paris over drug for alcohol dependence

Nalmefene treats alcohol dependence, a major public health concern in the EU. At the UPC a battle over two patents related to the drug is now unfoldin ...

7 April 2026 by Konstanze Richter

People & Business

United Kingdom

HGF boosts London chemistry and pharma practice with D Young partner

European intellectual property firm HGF has expanded its chemistry and pharmaceutical group in London with the addition of Garreth Duncan. The patent ...

2 April 2026 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Blockbuster drug

Sandoz fends off PI over Eylea at Higher Regional Court Munich

Sandoz and Hexal are once again free to market their generic product of Bayer's ophthalmic drug Eylea in Germany. After a win against several generic ...

27 March 2026 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Merz, Ratiopharm, Stada, Teva, Fampyra, fampridine

Multiple sclerosis drug

Merz and Uexküll prevail as Federal Court of Justice upholds fampridine patents

Merz has retained its patent protection for Fampyra for a while longer. After the Federal Court of Justice recently upheld two patents and thus a stil ...

23 March 2026 by Konstanze Richter

People & Business

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, DLA Piper, Philipp Cepl

Germany

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer boosts Düsseldorf team with DLA partner

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer continues on its growth course. From April, Philipp Cepl from DLA Piper will strengthen the patent litigation practice ...

13 March 2026 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, generics, Ellipta, EPO

Blockbuster drug

Generics suspect GSK of playing "divisional game" after EPO revocation

GlaxoSmithKline has suffered a defeat at the EPO in the dispute over its blockbuster Ellipta. The Boards of Appeal have revoked an important dosage pa ...

12 March 2026 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

French patent market

Top 10 patent cases in France

French courts recorded a decline in the number of cases in 2024, and recent research suggests that the downward trend continued last year. Nevertheles ...

6 March 2026 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

EirGen Pharma, DSM, Rayaldee, calcifediol, EPO, Boards of Appeal

European Patent Office

EirGen Pharma and Meissner Bolte defend basic patent for kidney drug

An important basic patent for EirGen Pharma's drug Rayaldee for the treatment of chronic kidney disease in adults remains valid. This was decided by t ...

3 March 2026 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

BMS, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, 2Seventy Bio, Johnson & Johnson, Legend Biotech, bone cancer, CAR-T cell

Cancer drug

BMS and Johnson & Johnson battle over novel CAR-T cell therapy in Europe

The relatively unknown biotech company 2seventy bio has filed a lawsuit at the UPC against several Johnson & Johnson companies and Legend Biotech ...

20 February 2026 by Mathieu Klos

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