Category: Pharmaceutical Industry
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Another semaglutide generic enters India as Novo Nordisk patent expires, no injunction issuesÂ
The Delhi High Court has issued a ruling allowing a generic version of semaglutide to be sold without an injunction and indicating a cautious approach to late-stage enforcement, favoring restricted entry over exclusion, by basing it around a contested claim limitation.
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Colombia pushes for compulsory licensing of U.S. pharma company’s patents
Colombia’s Health Minister has revived a previous administration’s investigation into four of U.S. pharma company Gilead’s patents at the core of Hepatitis-C treatment, issuing a public interest declaration to make the licensing of such patents compulsory.
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Novo Nordisk settles U.S. semaglutide patent infringement dispute, but denied Indian interim injunction again
While Novo Nordisk has struck an agreement with U.S. telehealth platform Hims & Hers to sell Ozempic and Wegovy, the Delhi High Court has once again denied its request for an interim injunction against Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories to block its sales of semaglutide products after its patent expires in 10 days.
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An interview with bioMĂ©rieux IP head Dr. James Robertson
James Robertson, the in vitro diagnostics company’s global head of IP, talked to ip fray about its activities in the Unified Patent Court and some of the successes and hurdles he has experienced since moving from pharma into diagnostics IP management.Â
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Moderna, Genevant, Arbutus settle global mRNA patent infringement dispute
Moderna could have to pay up to $2.25 billion as part of the settlement agreement, but remains confident it will close 2026 with up to $5 billion in cash and cash equivalents as a result of the deal.
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Novo Nordisk targets Canadian pharma giant Apotex in new oral semaglutide patent infringement suit
Novo Nordisk has sued Canada’s Apotex in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey over the alleged infringement of six patents related to its oral weightloss drug Rybelsus.
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New COVID-19 vaccine patent suit: BioNTech v. Moderna
BioNTech has sued Moderna in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, alleging that the defendant’s most profitable vaccine mNexspike infringes on its key RNA technology.
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Astellas settles parallel bladder treatment patent suits against India’s Lupin, Zydus: licensing deals worth combined $210 million
Japanese pharmaceutical giant Astellas has signed patent licensing agreements with Indian rivals Lupin and Zydus worth over $210 million, ending all ongoing litigation between the companies in the District of Delaware.
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Appeals court persuades GrĂĽnenthal to drop unfair competition law injunctions (obtained in parallel to patent PIs) against Abdi Farma
GrĂĽnenthal had won two different types of injunctions against Amdi Farma over painkillers: a patent PI (on appeal) and unfair competition PIs, which have just been lifted.
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Novo Nordisk files fresh semaglutide patent infringement suit in District of Delaware
Novo Nordisk has sued telehealth medication provider Hims & Hers over the infringement of one of its semaglutide patents, as the company faces headwinds over its weightloss drugs for the first time in nearly a decade.