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Novartis challenges loss of experts in spat with Pharmacor over generic Gilenya
Intellectual Property 2022-03-28 3:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

Novartis wants to appeal a ruling in its dispute with generic drug maker Pharmacor over patents for its multiple sclerosis drug Gilenya that tossed three of its four experts out of an upcoming so-called hot tub.

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Judge tosses Novartis experts out of ‘hot tub’ in MS drug patent dispute
Intellectual Property 2022-03-18 5:54 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has slammed Novartis for putting forward four “overlapping” experts in a dispute with Pharmacor over patents for its MS drug Gilenya and thrown three of those experts out of an upcoming joint conferral, known as a “hot tub”.

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Pharmacor challenges patent extension for Biogen’s MS drug
Intellectual Property 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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Biogen wants injunction ahead of trial against Pharmacor over MS drug
Intellectual Property 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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Biogen sues Pharmacor over patent for MS drug Tecfidera
Intellectual Property 2021-08-10 5:02 pm By Miklos Bolza

Swiss pharmaceutical company Biogen has filed another lawsuit accusing an Australian generic drug manufacturer of infringing the patent for its blockbuster multiple sclerosis drug Tecfidera.

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Pharmacor takes aim at Novartis patents for MS drug Gilenya
Intellectual Property 2021-05-05 11:31 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Generic drug company Pharmacor has fired back in a patent lawsuit by Novartis, filing a cross-claim seeking to invalidate the Swiss drug giant’s patents for its blockbuster MS drug Gilenya.

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Novartis wins injunction to stop generic version of blockbuster MS drug, for now
Intellectual Property 2021-04-12 2:51 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Swiss drug giant Novartis has secured an injunction temporarily blocking drug maker Pharmacor from launching a generic version of the company’s top-selling MS drug Gilenya in Australia.

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Judge allows Neurim to seek additional damages in patent suit over insomnia drug
Intellectual Property 2020-12-14 3:18 pm By Miklos Bolza

Neurim Pharmaceuticals can seek limited additional damages in a patent infringement case relating to its insomnia drug Circadin, after a judge granted a mid-trial bid to amend its pleadings against Generic Partners and Apotex.

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Encompass patents don’t pass muster with IP Australia, despite amendment
Intellectual Property 2019-11-04 5:51 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

IP Australia has found two Encompass innovation patents that were at the centre of a highly anticipated Full Federal Court ruling on the patentability of computer software do not describe a manner of manufacture, despite an amendment from the financial software company.

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Kymab to attack Regeneron’s mice experiments in human rat patent case
Intellectual Property 2019-10-24 7:39 pm By Miklos Bolza

UK biopharmaceutical company Kymab may attack experiments done by US biotechnology giant Regeneron creating genetically modified mice with splices of human genomes, as it defends its proposed patent for a human rat.

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