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Australia: Cancer Voices v Myriad Opinion Affirmed

This is a guest post from Paul Cole. An opinion was handed down earlier today by the Federal Court of Australia – Full Court (Allsop C.J., Downsett, Kenny, Bennett and Middleton J.J., D’Arcy v Myriad Genetics Inc [2014] FCAFC 115 … Continue reading

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101 Rejections Under the Guidelines: Mayo and Myriad “Go Viral”

This is a guest post from Hans Sauer, Deputy General Counsel, Intellectual Property for BIO. “Recently, I set out to find real-world examples of recent rejections under the USPTO Guidance, to do my own sampling rather than rely on reported … Continue reading

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FDA’s New Biosimilars Guidance

The following has been posted with the permission of their authors James E. Valentine and James C. Shehan of Hyman, Phelps & McNamara as part of their FDA Law Blog. *** August 09, 2014 FDA’s New Biosimilars Guidance Has Sponsors … Continue reading

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Fed. Cir.: Antitrust Issues Can Arise From Hatch-Waxman Litigation

In Tyco Healthcare Group v. Mutual Pharm. Co., App. no. 13-1386 (Fed. Cir. August 6, 2014), a divided panel of the court reversed a district court’s summary judgment ruling dismissing antitrust charges brought by ANDA filer Mutual against patent-holder Tyco. (A … Continue reading

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