Pharmaceuticals Archives

Wuesthoff and Bird & Bird pave way for MS drug licence deal

Sandoz will take over the global commercialisation for a proposed natalizumab biosimilar of Polpharma. The agreement was accompanied by successful att ...

12 September 2019 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Cancer drug

Generics and Eli Lilly reach deadlock in pemetrexed dispute

A long-standing dispute over cancer drug Alimta, which contains the active ingredient pemetrexed, has taken a new turn. The patent senate of the Highe ...

16 August 2019 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Diagnostics

Success for Brahms as Radiometer's nullity suit dismissed

Patent holder Brahms has won the next round in the long-standing dispute over procedures for detecting infections. The Federal Patent Court has dismis ...

5 August 2019 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Compulsory licence

Amgen prevails against Sanofi in licence dispute

Amgen has achieved another success in the dispute over a compulsory licence for two competing cholesterol-lowering drugs. Düsseldorf Regional Court up ...

11 July 2019 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Dutch patent market

Pemetrexed patent not infringed by Fresenius in the Netherlands

The District Court of the Hague has found the pemetrexed patent held by Eli Lilly not infringed by Fresenius in the Netherlands. The decision is contr ...

26 June 2019 by Amy Sandys

People & Business

London

EIP hires patent partner from Browne Jacobson

EIP has bolstered its patent litigation group with the hire of a new partner. Kathleen Fox Murphy joins the firm from UK-based law firm Browne Jacobso ...

21 June 2019 by Amy Sandys

Cases

Pharmaceuticals

Sales ban: Teva successful against Mylan drug Clift

In an urgent ruling of Düsseldorf Regional Court (case ID: 4c O 22/19), Mylan has been issued a Clift sales ban in Germany. Clift is a generic product ...

19 June 2019 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Arrow declarations

Dutch court confirms jurisdiction for arrow declarations

The District Court in the Hague has ruled in favour of Pfizer in a judgment concerning jurisdiction of arrow declarations. This is the first such juri ...

31 May 2019 by Amy Sandys

Cases

Cancer drug

Another win for generics manufacturers as fulvestrant patent revoked

The German Federal Court of Justice has declared AstraZeneca's formulation patent EP 1 250 138 for the breast cancer drug fulvestrant null and void. T ...

25 April 2019 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Injunction

Generics prevail against Eli Lilly in Alimta cancer drug case

In a lasting dispute over the cancer drug Alimta, several generic drug manufacturers have achieved a significant win against Eli Lilly. The Munich Reg ...

4 April 2019 by Konstanze Richter

Legal Commentary

Pharmacy exemption

Netherlands passes pharmacy exemption for patented medicine

On 1 February, a provision of the Dutch Patent Act 1995 came into force. It allows pharmacists to prepare patented medicines, on a small scale, for pa ...

2 April 2019 by Amy Sandys

Cases

Inventive step

UK Supreme Court finds ICOS patent invalid

A patent for the drug tadalafil has been ruled as invalid by the UK Supreme Court. Upholding a Court of Appeal decision, the patent EP (UK) 1173 181, ...

27 March 2019 by Amy Sandys

Cases

PCT application

Partial victory for AbbVie in biosimilar dispute

Rheumatism drug Humira is one of pharmaceutical company AbbVie's most valuable biosimilars. In ongoing disputes over the patent family, the European P ...

26 March 2019 by Christina Schulze

Cases

SPC law

Generics manufacturers prevail over Hogan Lovells client MSD

Various generics manufacturers have won in the second instance in the dispute over supplementary protection certificates for cholesterol-lowering drug ...

19 March 2019 by Konstanze Richter

People & Business

Germany

Müller Schupfner & Partner expands chemical practice

Munich patent law firm Müller Schupfner & Partner has strengthened its chemical practice with the hire of Christoph Heinemann (49) as a partner. Heine ...

11 March 2019 by Christina Schulze

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