Significant biosimilar activities this week include 14 Sep 20 | Novartis announced the results of Ph III trials of Beovu® (brolucizumab) in diabetic macular edema. Novartis...
Pearce IP BioBlast™: w/e 18 September 2020
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Pharmaceutical patentees beware – the Australian Patent Office lays down the law on patent term extensions!
The Australian Patent Office, in Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. et al [2020] APO 43, has emphatically confirmed that a patent term extension (PTE) request must be based on the...
Pearce IP BioBlast™: w/e 11 September 2020
Significant biosimilar activities this week include 08 Sep 20 | The Centre for Biosimilars reports a new study published in Diabetes Spectrum suggests FDA biosimilar naming...
Pearce IP BioBlast™: w/e 04 September 2020
Significant biosimilar activities this week include 31 Aug 20 | US | Mylan and Biocon announced the launch of Semglee® (insulin glargine) in vial and pre-filled pen...
Pearce IP BioBlast™: w/e 28 August 2020
Significant biosimilar activities this week include 24 Aug 20 | JP | Merck announced Keytruda® (pembrolizumab) has received two additional approvals from the Japanese...
COVID-19 – Patent Rights in the Time of a Pandemic
First published in Australian Intellectual Property Law update Vol. 33, No. 2, Jun 2020: 35-38 The COVID-19 pandemic and the urgent global need for effective treatments and/or a...
Pearce IP BioBlast™: w/e 21 August 2020
Significant biosimilar activities this week include 11 Aug 20 | In an online press conference, Samsung Biologics announced it plans for a fourth manufacturing plant within...
PBAC defers decision on PBS listing of Chiesi’s unregistered medicinal cannabis product
On 21 August 2020, PBAC published the results of the July meeting at which PBAC deferred its decision regarding Chiesi's application to list Epidyolex® (cannabidiol). The PBAC...
Pearce IP BioBlast™: w/e 14 August 2020
Significant biosimilar activities this week include 05 Aug 20 | In its Q4 FY20 earnings call, Aurobindo Pharma announced that its wholly owned subsidiary CuraTeQ Biologics...
IP Australia Increases Patent and Trade Mark Fees from 01 October 2020
Commencing 1 October 2020, IP rights in Australia will come with a slightly higher price tag. The new fees are not global but are selective across all types of IP rights. As...
Self-knowledge, narcissism, and accessibility of Australia’s patent system
His scholarship focuses on philosophy and the history of ideas. His published works include: “Plotinus, Self and the World”, which addresses the question of the individual...
Pearce IP BioBlast™: w/e 07 August 2020
Significant biosimilar activities this week include 31 Jul 20 | US | Vizient has advised its member health groups to utilise biosimilars to hedge against drug price inflation and...
Pearce IP BioBlast™: w/e 31 July 2020
Significant biosimilar activities this week include 27 Jul 20 | EU | Celltrion announced the European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for Remsima®...
Pearce IP BioBlast™: w/e 24 July 2020
Significant biosimilar activities this week include 20 Jul 20 | EU | Spherix reported that the EU market for AbbVie's Humira® has been negatively impacted by gastroenterologists...
Pearce IP BioBlast™: w/e 17 July 2020
Significant biosimilar activities this week include 09 Jul 20 | AU | The Australian Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association (GBMA) announced it reached over 540,000...
Pearce IP BioBlast™: w/e 10 July 2020
Significant biosimilar activities this week include 05 Jul 20 | In its 2019-2020 Annual Report, Biocon announced it plans to list Biocon Biologics on Indian markets within the...
USPTO Creates Program to Resolve Ex Parte Appeals in 6 Months
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced a pilot program to fast track appeals to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) from adverse decisions of...
Pearce IP BioBlast™: w/e 03 July 2020
Significant biosimilar activities this week include 28 Jun 20 | US Genentech filed a complaint against Samsung Bioepis in the District Court of Delaware under the BPCIA, alleging...
The Australian Federal Court teaches generic how to avoid infringement of Swiss-style claims
The enlarged bench of the Full Court of the Australian Federal Court has clarified what constitutes infringement of Swiss-style claims in Mylan Health Pty Ltd v Sun Pharma ANZ...
New Thinking for New Science- Biopharmaceutical Patent Disputes in Australia
First published as: Pearce et al, 'New Thinking for New Science - Biopharmaceutical Patent Disputes in Australia' (2020) 120 Intellectual Property Forum 33. As we consider the...
Pearce IP BioBlast™: w/e 26 Jun 2020
Significant biosimilar activities this week include June 20 | The NZ Herald reported a new study by NZ scientists which indicates that transgenic goats are capable of producing...
Is your patent attorney building a straw shack when you need a brick fortress?
We all know the story. Three little pigs leave home to seek their fortunes, and make houses out of either straw, sticks or bricks. Every child knows that the brother pigs who...
IAM Patent 1000: Pearce IP patent leaders ranked among world’s best
Boutique specialist patent firm Pearce IP is proud to report a strong presence in the prestigious IAM Patent 1000 ranking of the world's top patent professionals for 2020....
Pearce IP BioBlast™: w/e 12 Jun 2020
Significant biosimilar activities this week include 08 Jun 20 | The Centre for Biosimilars reported that the WHO certified Celltrion's Truxima® (rituximab) in its...
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