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Intellect Neurosciences receives U.S. patent allowance for ANTISENILIN to treat AD

Intellect Neurosciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of disease-modifying therapeutic agents for the treatment of Alzheimer's and other neurological diseases announced today that it received a Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for patent claims covering the company's ANTISENILIN monoclonal antibody platform technology for the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease.

7 Mar 2012

Mylan comments on patent infringement ruling against Sunovion's Brovana

Mylan Inc. today commented on a ruling for partial summary judgment in its patent infringement lawsuit against Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. in relation to Sunovion's Brovana product.

3 Mar 2012

NexGen receives U.S. patent allowance for novel pathogenesis based seizure treatment

NexGen Biomedical, Inc.'s Founder has received a Notice of Allowance from the US Patent Office for a novel treatment method for seizures.

2 Mar 2012

iBio receives U.S. patent for fusion-protein vaccine technology

iBio, Inc. today announced issuance of a US patent covering the use of iBio's proprietary fusion-protein technology in combination with influenza virus antigens for vaccine product applications.

29 Feb 2012

Novartis defends challenge to Indian medicines patent law

Pharmaceutical company Novartis "has spoken out following criticism about its challenge to India's patent laws, insisting that access to life-saving drugs is not under peril by the move," Pharma Times World News reports. The case, which the Indian Supreme Court is scheduled to hear next month, challenges "Indian patent law, notably Section 3(d), which states that a modification of a known chemical composition is non-patentable," the news service writes.

29 Feb 2012

Activists protest Novartis challenge to Indian patent law

In this guest post in the Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog, Brook Baker of the Northeastern University School of Law Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy, "describes and comments on pharmaceutical company Novartis's court challenge to India's strict standards of patenting medicine" and worldwide protests against the company that took place last week prior to its shareholder meeting.

29 Feb 2012

USPTO issues two patents on 'Novel Shigella protein antigens and methods' to IVI

The International Vaccine Institute (IVI), an international organization based in Seoul devoted to research on the development and introduction of vaccines for the developing world, reached a milestone in its aim to prevent and control dysentery (also commonly called shigellosis or bloody diarrhea), a deadly disease that affects several million people worldwide.

27 Feb 2012

USPTO rejects MonoSol's patent infringement claims against BDSI

The United States Patent & Trademark Office has informed BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. that it has rejected all claims by MonoSol Rx, LLC (MonoSol) in its US Patent No. 7,425,292 (the '292 Patent) which is currently being asserted against BDSI and its commercial partners for ONSOLIS.

23 Feb 2012

Roche grants in vitro diagnostics product license for real-time PCR technology to LTC

Roche and Life Technologies Corporation announced today that they have entered into two license agreements to allow LTC to expand its PCR offerings for diagnostics applications.

23 Feb 2012

Depomed, Santarus reach agreement to resolve GLUMETZA patent litigation with Lupin

Santarus, Inc. and Depomed, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a settlement agreement with Lupin Ltd. and its subsidiary, Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., to resolve pending patent litigation involving GLUMETZA 1000 mg and 500 mg.

23 Feb 2012

Biotech company defends patent on gene mutation for breast cancer

A US biotechnology company is defending the granting of a controversial patent over a common genetic mutation for breast cancer, rejecting accusations it amounts to the privatization of the human body.

21 Feb 2012

Precision BioSciences sues Cellectis over engineered meganucleases patent infringement

Precision BioSciences, Inc., a leader in the field of genome engineering, today announced that it has filed two patent infringement lawsuits against Cellectis SA and a number of its affiliates in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.

21 Feb 2012

ETView Medical enters into patent license agreement for thoracic surgery devices

ETView Medical Ltd. announced today that it has entered into an exclusive license agreement for 2 US patents with James S. Simon, M.D., of Tiburon, California. The licensed patents are U.S. Pat. No. 7,052,456, entitled "Airway products having LEDs", and U.S. Pat. No. 6,189,533, entitled "Endotracheal Intubation Device".

20 Feb 2012

Pfizer, Mylan enter settlement agreement to resolve e-cue patent litigation

Mylan Inc. and Pfizer Inc. today announced that Meridian Medical Technologies, a Pfizer subsidiary, has entered into a settlement agreement with Intelliject and Sanofi-Aventis that will resolve pending patent litigation related to Intelliject's 505(b)(2) new drug application (NDA) for its epinephrine auto-injector known as e-cue, which will be manufactured and marketed by Sanofi-Aventis.

16 Feb 2012

Watson seeks FDA approval to market generic Beyaz

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today confirmed that its subsidiary, Watson Laboratories, Inc., filed an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval to market Drospirenone and Ethinyl Estradiol and Levomefolate Calcium Tablets, 3.0 mg/0.02 mg/0.451 mg and Levomefolate Calcium Tablets, 0.451 mg.

13 Feb 2012

KSU, St. Michael's receive U.S. patent to use BRCA1 gene for cardiovascular disease

St. Michael's Hospital and King Saud University have received their first joint U.S. patent to use the BRCA1 gene as a therapy for cardiovascular disease.

13 Feb 2012

Apotex makes payment to Sanofi, Bristol-Myers Squibb to satisfy damages in Plavix patent litigation

Sanofi and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company announced today that Apotex has made payment in the amount of $442,209,362 to Sanofi and Bristol-Myers Squibb to satisfy the damages ruling of the Plavix (clopidogrel bisulfate) patent infringement case against Apotex.

9 Feb 2012

Watson settles ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN LO patent litigation with Janssen

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that its subsidiary, Watson Laboratories, Inc., has reached a settlement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. on outstanding patent litigation related to Watson's generic version of Janssen's ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN LO (norgestimate/ethinyl estradiol) tablets.

8 Feb 2012

ConforMIS adds 22 patents to patient-specific implants and instrumentation systems portfolio

ConforMIS, Inc. today announced it has completed its most productive period to date in the development of its intellectual property with the addition of 22 issued patents to its portfolio since January 2011.

6 Feb 2012

Sandoz sends Remodulin Paragraph IV Notice Letter to United Therapeutics

United Therapeutics Corporation today announced receipt of a Paragraph IV Certification Notice Letter on February 3, 2012 from Sandoz Inc. advising that Sandoz has submitted an Abbreviated New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration requesting approval to market a generic version of the 10 mg/mL strength of Remodulin (treprostinil) injection.

6 Feb 2012

Medical Patent News

Intellect Neurosciences receives U.S. patent allowance for ANTISENILIN to treat AD

Mylan comments on patent infringement ruling against Sunovion's Brovana

NexGen receives U.S. patent allowance for novel pathogenesis based seizure treatment

iBio receives U.S. patent for fusion-protein vaccine technology

Novartis defends challenge to Indian medicines patent law

Activists protest Novartis challenge to Indian patent law

USPTO issues two patents on 'Novel Shigella protein antigens and methods' to IVI

USPTO rejects MonoSol's patent infringement claims against BDSI

Roche grants in vitro diagnostics product license for real-time PCR technology to LTC

Depomed, Santarus reach agreement to resolve GLUMETZA patent litigation with Lupin

Biotech company defends patent on gene mutation for breast cancer

Precision BioSciences sues Cellectis over engineered meganucleases patent infringement

ETView Medical enters into patent license agreement for thoracic surgery devices

Pfizer, Mylan enter settlement agreement to resolve e-cue patent litigation

Watson seeks FDA approval to market generic Beyaz

KSU, St. Michael's receive U.S. patent to use BRCA1 gene for cardiovascular disease

Apotex makes payment to Sanofi, Bristol-Myers Squibb to satisfy damages in Plavix patent litigation

Watson settles ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN LO patent litigation with Janssen

ConforMIS adds 22 patents to patient-specific implants and instrumentation systems portfolio

Sandoz sends Remodulin Paragraph IV Notice Letter to United Therapeutics

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