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Written by Daniel K. Yarbrough, Ph.D. and Brenden S. Gingrich, Ph.D.
On August 1, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released its draft guidance titled... Read More »
Written by Daniel A. Kamkar and Agnes Juang, Ph.D.
On August 2, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of Imbruvica® (ibrutinib) for the ... Read More »
Written by Robert J. Hilton and Eric Furman, Ph.D.
Before Prost, O’Malley, and Wallach. Appeal from the District of Connecticut (nonprecedential).
On... Read More »
Written by Jane Xia and Jing Liu, Ph.D.
MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. v. SANDOZ INC
(Fed. Cir. July 17, 2017) (NEWMAN, Mayer, O’Malley)
This case ... Read More »
Written by Marc Chatenay-Lapointe, Ph.D. and Jason Jardine
On July 13, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Tremfya (guselkumab), a biologic... Read More »
Written by Scott Siera, Ph.D. and Michael L. Fuller
Stanford University v. The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Federal Circuit Appeal No. 2015-2011. Decided June ... Read More »
Written by Jeffrey C. Wu, Ph.D. and Brenden S. Gingrich, Ph.D.
New York City took a step toward its goal of becoming a life sciences hub with a $5 million grant... Read More »
Written by Daniel A. Kamkar and Agnes Juang, Ph.D.
Janssen Biotech Inc. and Celltrion Healthcare have taken the next step over Janssen’s blockbuster... Read More »
Written by Caleb A. Bates, Ph.D. and Agnes Juang, Ph.D.
On June 19, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of the fluoroquinolone... Read More »
Written by Robert J. Hilton, Ph.D. and Jason J. Jardine
On May 24, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the final label for Syndros™... Read More »
Written by Jane Xia and Michael L. Fuller
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for treatment of patients whose... Read More »
Written by Marc Chatenay-Lapointe, Ph.D. and Jing Liu, Ph.D.
On May 17, 2017, Vertex Pharmaceuticals small molecule drug Kalydeco® (ivacaftor) was approved by ... Read More »
Written by Scott Siera, Ph.D. and Eric Furman, Ph.D.
The sale of a product prior to filing a patent application, or “on-sale bar,” has long been a... Read More »
Written by Jeffrey C. Wu, Ph.D. and Jing Liu, Ph.D.
An MIT group consisting of the CRISPR pioneer Feng Zhang and 18 of his colleagues recently published a paper... Read More »
Written by Rebecca L. Wright, Ph.D. and Eric Furman, Ph.D.
In an ongoing set of disputes in Oregon between farmers and corporations that hold GMO patents, farmers ... Read More »
Written by Linda Xu and Kerry S. Taylor, Ph.D.
The PTAB issued a Final Written Decision finding that Biogen’s patent on treating Multiple Sclerosis... Read More »
Written by Marc Chatenay-Lapointe, Ph.D. and Jing Liu, Ph.D.
On March 13, 2017, the use of Novartis cell cycle inhibitor Kisqali® (ribociclib, LEE011) in... Read More »
Written by Daniel K. Yarbrough, Ph.D. and Kerry S. Taylor, Ph.D.
Bevacizumab (Avastin®) is the subject of the widely watched “patent dance”... Read More »
Written by Jeffrey C. Wu, Ph.D. and Brenden S. Gingrich, Ph.D.
I. Summary
The Supreme Court in Life Technologies Corp. v. Promega Corp. held that providing a... Read More »
Written by Mark E. Davis and Kerry S. Taylor, Ph.D.
The PTAB issued two final written decisions upholding The University of Pennsylvania’s claims to methods ... Read More »