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Fenwick & West LLP

What We’re Watching Ahead of BIO 2025: Trends Shaping the Future of Biotech

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As we head into BIO 2025 in Boston, our teams are closely watching trends in biotech and how those affect financings, business development, IP protection, risk, and litigation strategy. Here are eight key trends we’re...more

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GlaxoSmithKline and Northwestern Sue Moderna for Patent Infringement in Trio of Lawsuits

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Last week, GlaxoSmithKline and Northwestern University filed separate lawsuits against Moderna, accusing its mRNA-based vaccines of patent infringement....more

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PMB performs as pharma groups repurpose their portfolios

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After a year of historic profits in 2021 following the mass roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines and related treatments, big pharma companies armed with cash for deals have been shifting their attention - Overall, pharma, medical...more

Epstein Becker & Green

COVID-19 Vaccination and the Fetal Cell Line Conundrum for Employee Religious Objections

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The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine recently received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for individuals 18 and older, making Novavax the fourth COVID-19 vaccine to receive either...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] FCPA & Anti-Corruption for the Life Sciences Industry - July 21st - 22nd, Boston, MA

ACI is excited to welcome you back in-person to the 14th Advanced Forum on FCPA & Anti-Corruption for the Life Sciences Industry, taking place on July 21–22, 2022 in Boston! Legal and compliance professionals from...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

The Proposed WTO IP Waiver: Just What Good Can It Do? -- An Analysis

As posted Monday, BIO (the Biotechnology Innovation Organization) provided a link to the supposed compromise agreement reached recently to permit WTO member states to waive patent protection for "subject matter required for...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

What was Fascinating in 2021 for Biotech

2021 was a fascinating year in biotech, especially for legal issues. Of course, 2021, as the second year of a global pandemic, must be viewed in context with 2020....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

COVID-19 Weekly Newsletter: Average Case Rates Drop From Delta Wave’s Heights

This week’s newsletter details the latest developments in the process of approving COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 5-11, a vaccine that produced promising clinical results, and new studies revealing insights about...more

Hogan Lovells

COVID-19 Report for Life Sciences and Health Care Companies - August 2021

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The COVID-19 Report is a compilation of coronavirus news, analysis, and insights from around the world to help life sciences and health care companies stay current in this challenging time. In Wednesday's Report: U.S....more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

BIO Declaration on Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines and Treatments and Role of IP

In a message distributed to Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) members, Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath, BIO President and CEO, released a declaration signed by the corporate and organizational leaders of 209 global...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Science Does Not Support the Latest COVID Hysteria

In a time of a global pandemic, with antivaxxer and anti-science sentiments running rife, and when combinations of fear, distrust, and paranoia are rampant, it is easy for important results from basic science to become fodder...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

The mRNA IP and Competitive Landscape: Translate BIO; Arcturus; eTheRNA and Other Startups; and LNP Technology (Part II)

In Part I of this three-part series, we focused on three mRNA technology market players: BioNTech, Moderna and CureVac. In this second post, we will focus on Translate BIO, Arcturus Therapeutics, and eTheRNA and discuss...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 from Bat to Human Pathogen

A recent COVID post elicited the comment that we were just a "ray of sunshine."  Following in this tradition, this post concerns a recent report, in PLOS Biology, that the evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (which causes...more

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Top 10 things biotech employers need to know about COVID-19 vaccines and returning to the office

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On February 2, Hogan Lovells partners Melissa Bianchi, David Horowitz, and George Ingham presented a webinar to the Biotechnical Innovation Organization (BIO) on “What Biotech Employers Need to Know about COVID Vaccines and...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Do mRNA-based COVID Vaccines Have an Achilles Heel?

The COVID-19 pandemic has spread throughout the globe, infecting more than 90 million people and causing almost two million deaths (see "Tracking coronavirus' global spread"). SARS-CoV-2 infection is the cause of the...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

[IP Hot Topics Podcast] Innovation Conversations: Dr. Claire Fraser

Our “Innovation Conversations” series continues with our guest Dr. Claire Fraser, President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Director of the Institute for Genome Sciences at the University...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

[IP Hot Topics Podcast] Innovation Conversations: Dr. Claire Fraser (transcript)

Our “Innovation Conversations” series continues with our guest Dr. Claire Fraser, President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Director of the Institute for Genome Sciences at the University...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Going from Bad to Worse: Evidence for Neuro-COVID Infections

The COVID-19 pandemic has spread throughout the globe, infecting more than 90 million people and causing almost two million deaths (see "Tracking coronavirus’ global spread"). SARS-CoV-2 infection is the cause of the COVID-19...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Intranasal vaccines may be more effective alternatives to conventional injections

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Intranasal vaccine may be our best weapon in the battle to obliterate COVID-19 and other potential future pandemics. Animal studies have shown that a more widespread immunity is produced with an intranasal vaccine than an...more

K2 Integrity

The COVID-19 Vaccine is Here. What Does That Mean for Counterfeiting?

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As the COVID-19 vaccine sees imminent, large scale release in jurisdictions around the world, pharmaceutical manufacturers are faced with the complex challenge of a coordinated global roll out. There is little question that...more

Stotler Hayes Group, LLC

6 Things LTC Providers Need to Know About the COVID-19 Vaccine on the Cusp of Its US Approval

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Since COVID-19 strong-armed its way to the forefront of the US media in March 2020, we’ve seen hundreds, even thousands of news stories, opinion pieces, and agency reports on related topics ranging from its impact on schools...more

Hogan Lovells

COVID-19 Report for Life Sciences and Health Care Companies (UPDATED)

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In Tuesday's Report: a panel discussion on the U.S. election, Americans warned of COVID-19 surge, Moderna files for FDA EUA, Hong Kong proposes corporate rescue bill, new Foreign Direct Investment rules in Spain, the EU moves...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Will you be ready when the COVID-19 vaccines arrive?

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‘Tis the season to be jolly! This holiday season may be merrier if the recently announced COVID-19 vaccination candidates obtain approval and/or authorization for use in preventing COVID-19 by the U.S. Food and Drug...more

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Election 2020 Snapshot: Impacts of the U.S. election for the life sciences and health care industry

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On November 19, leaders of our Life Sciences and Health Care team met for a panel discussion of the impacts on the industry of the 2020 U.S. election. This was the first event in a series of conversations, with other webinars...more

Morgan Lewis

COVID-19 Vaccine: Considerations for UK Employers

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The eagerly anticipated news of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine candidates last week has been welcomed by the scientific community across the globe. For employers, the news has prompted consideration of the potential...more

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