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Patent priorities key to pharma strategies, says CEO
Major pharmaceutical firms should develop innovative patent strategies to manage challenges from generic drug manufacturers, a leading pharma...
2nd March 2010 | Patents | Pharma & Biotech
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Tradition holds the key to best practice patents
The Indian government has bestowed a treasure trove of traditional knowledge to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), in the...
27th November 2009 | Patents | Pharma & Biotech
Employee innovators win payout
Two employee innovators have been awarded compensation by the UK High Court for a corporation's use of their invention. The beneficiaries of the...
13th February 2009 | Patents | Pharma & Biotech
Parties settle in major pharma patent suit
Pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and Ranbaxy have reached an agreement over the Lipitor cholesterol drug – subject of a long-running patent...
23rd June 2008 | Patents | Pharma & Biotech
Accidental inventions: Cellophane
In 1900, Jaques E Brandenberger witnessed an anonymous Swiss diner spill red wine over a restaurant tablecloth. The cloth ruined, Brandenberger...
15th February 2008 | Lighter Side | Pharma & Biotech
Accidental Inventions - The Pacemaker
It's comforting to know that even the great inventors can get their wires crossed. They may get blown up, but on the other hand they may find they...
8th February 2008 | Lighter Side | Pharma & Biotech
Accidental Inventions - Vaseline
Robert Chesebrough was an enterprising young kerosene salesman who fell on hard times when his supply of sperm whale dried up. So in 1859, he went...
25th January 2008 | Lighter Side | Pharma & Biotech
Medical tools org calls for surgery on Bill
On 19 June, the Medical Devices Manufacturers Association (MDMA) issued a press release and letter challenging key aspects of the US Patent Reform...
21st June 2007 | Patents | Pharma & Biotech
Clinton Foundation backs Thai patent policy
The government of Thailand has attracted an unlikely supporter for its recent decision to issue government-use compulsory licenses on drugs made...
10th May 2007 | Patents | Pharma & Biotech
Law firm toasts Appeal double
The London IP office of global lawyers, Simmons & Simmons, released details this week of two recent victories at the UK Court of Appeal.
25th January 2007 | Pharma & Biotech

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