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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 »
In Pfaff v. Wells Electronics, 525 US 55 (1988), the Supreme Court attempted to focus the factors invoking the on-sale bar of s . 102, by holding that the claimed... Read More »
In Novartis AG v. Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited, [2016-1352] (April 12, 2017), the Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s determination that the challenged... 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 Jing Liu, Ph.D.
Once considered parasites, free riders, or “opportunistic pathogens,” in recent years the... Read More »
Written by Marc Chatenay-Lapointe, Ph.D. and Michael L. Fuller
On December 23, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved SPINRAZA™ (nusinersen)... Read More »
In Intendis v Glenmark, the Federal Circuit affirmed a finding of infringement under the doctrine of equivalents based on statements made by Glenmark to the... Read More »
Comments
Curtis LeeSo in essence, the doctrine of estoppel is being applied to statements or positions taken outside the courtroom?
Oct 12, 2016
Jeff McIntyreNot necessarily estoppel. More like reliable evidence which can help prove the fact and which is difficult to rebut
Oct 12, 2016
In an en banc decision on July 12, 2016 in The Medicines Co. v. Hospira, Inc., the Federal Circuit established the circumstances under which a product manufactured... Read More »
ACTION: Infringement of U.S. Patent 5,827,529 (referred to as “529 Patent) by Noven Therapeutics/Noven Pharmaceuticals, makers of products such as the... Read More »
Ever forget to take your morning pills? Or can’t remember if you have to take the blue pill today or the yellow one? Suddenly, life just got a lot... Read More »
Could it be possible to one day deliver miniscule factories to the human body to produce medicine? In an article in the American Chemical Society’s journal Nano... Read More »
Medtronic, Inc. is developing a new stent graft system designed to repair thoracic aortic aneurysm. It has been selected by the FDA for an early feasibility pilot... Read More »
As patents on major, money-making pharmaceuticals such as Lipitor, Plavix and Zyprexa run out and begin to face generic competition, drug companies have been... Read More »
Scientists have developed a process that would make the most effective anti-malarial treatment less costly. The new technique makes it easier to produce artemisinin... Read More »
Do veterinary drugs end up in our food? To find out, researchers from the University of Almería (Spain) have developed a new system to analyze food substances... Read More »
Inflammation brought on by an influx of white blood cells and proteins helps the human body to heal when it’s faced with an acute infection or injury. But, at... Read More »
Two Michigan State University researchers have invented a protein purifier that will make pharmaceutical production quicker and cheaper. Chemists Merlin... Read More »
International pharmaceutical giant Novartis is suing the United Kingdom's national health system (NHS) for using a cheaper, unlicensed drug instead of... Read More »
3M Food Safety announced today that its new 3M Molecular Detection Assay - Salmonella has received AOAC-PTM Certification (#031208) from the AOAC Research... Read More »
Scientists from around the world, including researchers at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), have found a way to potentially prevent food poisoning outbreaks by identifying... Read More »