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More Guidance on Pharma Settlement Agreements from the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ)
It is clear that under certain specific circumstances, a settlement agreement between a holder of a pharmaceutical...
February 7, 2020
11 min read
The US/China Trade Agreement: what could it mean for the Pharma Industry?
Following a long period of negotiation, Phase I of the US-China Trade Agreement was published on 15 January...
February 6, 2020
5 min read
Access to toxicity reports and protection of commercial interests: the Court of Justice of the European Union blows the final whistle!
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has recently issued two rulings which aim at ending...
February 4, 2020
8 min read
Bird & Bird: Setting a gold standard in meeting cannabis regulation
Medical Cannabis Network speaks with Bird & Bird’s Ben King and Sally Shorthose about the importance...
January 24, 2020
13 min read
Access to toxicity study reports and protection of commercial interests
Gerard Hogan, Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) recently...
November 22, 2019
8 min read
The English Patents Court examines the law on enablement in the context of lack of novelty based on both prior publication and prior use.
Earlier this year (17 July 2019) in Takeda UK Limited v F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG Mr Justice Colin Birss...
November 19, 2019
5 min read
PI for Tadalafil Dosage Patent refused in Italy
By decisions dated 30 July 2018, then confirmed in the appeal by decisions dated 30 August 2018, the...
November 12, 2019
3 min read
Are German Courts the “Spoilsport” of the “Divisional Game” when it comes to Preliminary Injunction Requests?
If a patentee undertakes actions with respect to a patent of the same patent family (e.g. waiving the...
November 4, 2019
4 min read
Bird & Bird secures win in preliminary injunction patent case before the Düsseldorf Courts
On September 26, 2019, the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf confirmed on appeal that Teva Pharmaceutical...
September 30, 2019
8 min read
China passed new amendments to the Drug Administration Law
By Alison Wong, Emma Ren, Yang Li On 26 August 2019, China's National People's Congress passed the final...
September 6, 2019
11 min read