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Neurim’s claim for additional damages survives in Circadin patent case
Intellectual Property 2024-06-03 11:48 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has upheld Neurim Pharmaceutical’s claim for additional damages against two generic drug companies found to have infringed its patent for insomnia drug Circadin, despite the company’s failure to comply with an earlier ruling.

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Otsuka defends validity of injectable Abilify patent, accuses Sun Pharma of infringement
Intellectual Property 2024-05-30 2:19 pm By Sam Matthews

Otsuka Pharmaceutical has hit back at suit filed by Indian generics company Sun Pharma seeking to invalidate its patent for blockbuster antipsychotic Abilify, filing a cross-claim seeking to restrain Sun Pharma from infringing the patent with a generic version of the drug.

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Law firm loses challenge to Glaxo’s term extension for COPD patent
Intellectual Property 2024-05-29 10:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Drug giant Glaxo has succeeded in extending the term for a patent for a drug that treats chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, with a delegate rejecting arguments from law firm Banki Haddock Fiora that the application was incorrectly based on a patent that was no longer valid because of amendments.

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Medical cannabis distributor wins injunction after suspected hack
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-05-28 2:56 pm By Sam Matthews

Medicinal cannabis company Vitura Health has won its bid for orders restricting the access of a software partner to its IT systems after an alleged hack.

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ToolGen wins court approval to patent gene editing technology
Intellectual Property 2024-05-23 11:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

South Korean biotech ToolGen has won court approval to patent its genome editing technology CRISPR, after an earlier bid to protect its IP found the revolutionary technology was not patentable.

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Ramsay Health wins partial injunction against ‘misleading’ union ads
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-05-21 11:25 pm By Andy Sidler

Ramsay Health Care has won a partial interim injunction banning the union representing its nurses from running ads that claim the private hospital operator runs on a staff-to-patient ratio double that of public hospitals.

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Medibank CEO takes stand to shield Deloitte reports from class action
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-05-20 11:38 pm By Sam Matthews

Medibank CEO David Koczkar has taken the stand to help defeat a class action’s bid to uncover several reports, including three by Deloitte, commissioned in the wake of a massive data breach, which the health insurer argues are privileged.

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AFP investigating large-scale data breach of mystery health information company
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-05-16 11:44 pm By Sam Matthews

Federal police are investigating a large-scale data breach at an unnamed commercial health information organisation, the National Cyber Security Coordinator has revealed. 

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After class action tanks, pelvic mesh patient wins extra time to bring case against doctor
Personal injury 2024-05-09 3:21 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has granted an extension to the limitation period for a pelvic mesh patient suing her doctor for negligence, finding she did not have the knowledge to bring the case before the three-year window closed and that her claim for substantial damages for personal injury appeared “well founded”. 

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Monash Health sexual assault, family violence records compromised in data breach
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-05-03 11:34 pm By Andy Sidler

A cyberattack has compromised the confidential data of thousands of sexual assault and family violence victims who were patients of Monash Health clinics.

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