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Lundbeck, Sandoz end long-running Lexapro patent war
Intellectual Property 2025-02-27 11:06 pm By Christine Caulfield

Pharmaceutical giant Lundbeck has resolved its battle with Novartis unit Sandoz over top-selling drug Lexapro, a battle that has raged for years and across multiple courts.

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Novartis unit sues GenesisCare over cancer treatment patent
Intellectual Property 2025-02-27 11:17 pm By Sam Matthews

Australian cancer care company GenesisCare has been sued by Novartis unit Endocyte for allegedly infringing the patents for its prostate cancer treatment Pluvicto. The lawsuit, filed in the Federal Court in January, accuses GenesisCare of infringing or threatening to infringe patents held by Endocyte and Purdue Research Foundation by supplying lutetium, the generic version of…

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Cosmetic surgery class action faces battle over plan to drop doctor from case
Class Actions 2025-02-21 11:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against Sydney doctor Daniel Lanzer and several of his associates over alleged botched cosmetic surgeries wants to drop its claims against one doctor, but other defendants have taken issue.

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Allergan may bring ‘state of the art’ defence in breast implants class action
Class Actions 2025-02-20 10:35 pm By Andy Sidler

US drug maker Allergan may defend a class action over recalled textured breast implants by arguing its knowledge of the alleged defects was limited by the state of scientific knowledge at the time the products were made.

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Court invalidates Otsuka’s patent for injectable Abilify
Intellectual Property 2025-02-13 11:27 pm By Sam Matthews

Generic drug maker Sun Pharma has succeeded in invalidating Otsuka Pharmaceuticalā€™s patent for an injectable, controlled release form of the Japanese drug maker’s top-selling antipsychotic Abilify.

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Charter Hall boosts social infrastructure REIT with $47M Clinipath buy
Real Estate 2025-02-11 11:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Real estate fund manager Charter Hall has paid $47 million to purchase a Clinipath Pathology lab in Perth, bolstering its social infrastructure investment trust.

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In win for union, court muzzles St Vincentā€™s talk on bed closures
Employment 2025-01-24 11:44 pm By Sam Matthews

A nurses union has won orders barring St Vincent’s Private from representing to nurses that protected industrial action in relation to the closure of beds at various hospitals is unlawful and unprotected.

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Legal fees to eat up more than half of COVID-19 class action settlement
Class Actions 2025-01-21 10:22 pm By Sam Matthews

Legal fees will eat up more than half of a $3.5 million settlement reached in a class action over deaths at a NSW aged care facility during the COVID-19 pandemic.Ā 

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Novartis appeals IP win for Pharmacor over blood pressure drug
Appeals 2025-01-20 11:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

Pharmaceutical giant Novartis is challenging the loss of its case against Sydney-based generics company Pharmacor over a patent for heart medication Entresto.

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K&L Gates recruits patent litigator from Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Intellectual Property 2025-01-13 11:40 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Global law firm K&L Gates has hired former Corrs Chambers Westgarth IP litigator Rachelle Downie as a partner in its Melbourne office.

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