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Dr Reddy’s must warn Celgene of plans to sell generic blockbuster cancer drug
Bristol-Myers Squibb 2021-12-07 2:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Indian generics giant Dr Reddy’s Laboratories must give Bristol-Myers Squib unit Celgene Corporation three months’ notice before deciding to sell generic versions of blockbuster cancer drug Revlimid in Australia.

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Novartis unit Sandoz sues to revoke Bayer’s patents for blood thinner Xarelto
Ashurst 2021-11-23 3:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

Generic drug maker Sandoz AG has filed proceedings seeking the revocation of two patents registered in Australia by German pharmaceutical giant Bayer covering its top-selling blood clot drug Xarelto.

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Celgene sues to protect patents for blockbuster cancer drug Revlimid
Christian Dimitriadis 2021-11-22 4:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Bristol-Myers Squib unit Celgene Corporation has sued Indian generics giant Dr Reddy’s Laboratories for allegedly threatening to infringe eight patents for its blockbuster cancer drug Revlimid, which raked in US$12 billion for the US-based company in revenue last year.

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Latest patent ruling rejecting AI inventorship puts Federal Court in minority
Allens 2021-09-24 1:58 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Federal Court’s decision that artificial intelligence can be listed on a patent application as the inventor has become an outlier, as the UK joins the US in rejecting what has become an international battle to claim AI inventorship.

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Pharmacor challenges patent extension for Biogen’s MS drug
Ben Mee 2021-09-23 2:14 pm By Bianca Hrovat

An Australian generic drug manufacturer has struck back at patent lawsuit by Swiss pharmaceutical company Biogen, alleging a patent for MS drug Tecfidera is invalid and a that a patent term extension for the drug  was wrongly granted.

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Merck Sharp & Dohme appeals judgment tossing Januvia patent extension
Appeals 2021-09-10 6:04 pm By Miklos Bolza

Merck Sharp & Dohme is seeking to overturn a judgment refusing an extension of a patent covering its Januvia and Janumet diabetes drugs that would have seen the US drug maker of retaining a monopoly over the multibillion dollar medicines beyond July 2022.

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Commissioner of Patents challenges landmark ruling on artificial intelligence
Allens 2021-08-30 1:47 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Commissioner of Patents has appealed a landmark judgment that found artificial intelligence can be named an inventor on a patent application.

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Biogen wants injunction ahead of trial against Pharmacor over MS drug
Ben Mee 2021-08-25 2:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Swiss pharmaceutical company Biogen is seeking a court order blocking an Australian generic drug manufacturer from selling a cheap multiple sclerosis drug it claims infringes its patent for medicine Tecfidera, a court has heard.

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Court throws out Merck Sharp & Dohme’s Januvia patent extension
Australian Government Solicitor 2021-08-12 2:29 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Federal Court has dealt US drug giant Merck Sharp & Dohme a devastating blow, overturning an “untenable” patent term extension which would have protected the monopoly of its multibillion-dollar Januvia and Janumet diabetes drugs beyond July 2o22.

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‘Why cannot our own creations also create?’: AI can be inventor on patent, court finds
Allens 2021-07-30 12:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has found artificial intelligence can be named as the inventor on a patent application, setting aside an IP Australia finding that allowing a machine to be considered an inventor would render the Patents Act incapable of “sensible operation”.

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