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Cooley LLP

Key Trends and Considerations in Cross-Border Life Sciences Partnering-Licensing and NewCo Transactions Between Chinese and...

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Over the past decade, the landscape of cross-border partnering in the life sciences sector has undergone a dramatic transformation, particularly in transactions between Chinese biotech companies and their US and European...more

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China advances pharmaceutical data protection regime with new Draft Measures

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On March 19, 2025, China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) released the Draft Measures for the Protection of Drug Trial Data (the “Draft Measures”), along with its accompanying implementation guidelines, the...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

U.S. Trade Representative Releases 2025 Special 301 Report

On April 29th, Ambassador Jamieson Greer, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), issued the 2025 Special 301 Report.  In a press release (being quite different in tone from many over the past decade), the USTR stated that "[o]ur...more

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China’s First Court Ruling on Merger Control Upholds Conditional Clearance of Below-Threshold Deal

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In March 2025, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court issued a landmark ruling—the first case in which a filing party challenged a merger decision by the State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) through judicial...more

Morgan Lewis

China Boosts Regulatory Framework for Local Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

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In recent years, China has introduced significant changes to its Drug Administration Law and corresponding legislation, including the nationwide Market Authorization Holder (MAH) system. These reforms aim to boost foreign...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

The Rise of GenAI in Personalized Medicine and Beyond

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GenAI, or Generative AI, has seen a surge in patenting activity with China leading the way in filing patent applications for this technology. The landscape analysis by WIPO reveals Tencent, Ping An Insurance Group, and Baidu...more

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The Fast and the Furious: Article 76 Proceedings in China Proceed with Speed

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Article 76 of the Fourth Amendment1 to the Chinese Patent Law links regulatory approval of a generic drug and patent protection of the brand-name drug. It establishes a legal framework for resolving drug patent disputes...more

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Patent Linkage and Article 76 Proceedings in China: A Litigator's Perspective

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China has recently unveiled its own version of a patent linkage system that has been highly watched by stakeholders and industry observers.  This new system will also create a new form of pharmaceutical patent litigation in...more

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Patent Linkage in China: up, running and with Chinese characteristics

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As one of the most significant IP developments in China, the Fourth Amendment to the PRC Patent Law introduced patent linkage for pharmaceutical patent litigation in China. A full set of rules implementing the patent linkage...more

Hogan Lovells

China launches test run of its new patent linkage registration platform: what you need to know

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Following amendments to China's Patent Law in October 2020, China will shortly launch a new patent linkage system for pharmaceutical patents.  In order to use the system, holders of existing marketing approvals in China will...more

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China's IP Administration publishes Draft Administrative Adjudication Measures for Patent Linkage

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On 9 February 2021, China's National Intellectual Property Administration ("CNIPA") published its Administrative Adjudication Measures For The Early Resolution Mechanism For Drug Patent Disputes. These Measures are aimed at...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

China Announces Long-Awaited—and Significant—Updates to Intellectual Property Protections

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For months, global patent practitioners have been expecting China to announce sweeping, significant changes to the nation’s system of intellectual property laws—and they were not disappointed. On Oct. 17, the Standing...more

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China Promulgates Fourth Amendment to Patent Law

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On October 17, 2020, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress in China promulgated the fourth amended Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China, which came into force in its original form in 1985, with...more

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China: Patent Law Amendment brings sea change to pharmaceutical patent regime

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Article 76 of the Amendment establishes the longanticipated patent linkage scheme in China. It aims to allow early resolution of patent disputes between innovators and generic companies during the drug review and approval...more

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China adopts revised patent law with Hatch-Waxman-like incentives for innovative drugs

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On October 17, the National People’s Congress (NPC) formally adopted a revised patent law, which will take effect on June 1, 2021. The new law includes significant changes in the intellectual property legal framework with...more

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China’s NMPA releases proposal for modified “Hatch Waxman” following patent law reform

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On 11 September 2020, China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA, formerly “China Food and Drug Administration”) published its proposed regulation on patent linkage, “Measures for the Implementation of the Early...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Chinese and Russian Hackers Targeting COVID-19 Vaccine Makers in U.S. Crosshairs

Last week, authorities from the United States, United Kingdom and Canada accused a well-known hacker group tied to the Russian government, APT29 a/k/a Cozy Bear of using malware to exploit security vulnerabilities to enable...more

Hogan Lovells

China: new Draft Patent Law– what to expect and what not to expect

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On 6 July 2020, China's National People’s Congress (NPC) released its latest Draft Patent Law for public comment, proposing, amongst other things, a patent linkage system, patent term extension for pharmaceutical patents,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Trade Agreements and COVID-19: A Changing Relationship

Since the start of this year, trade relations with China, previously marked by an escalating trade war, have reached a major inflection point. Recently, on March 12, the U.S. reacted to the growing COVID-19 pandemic by...more

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Phase One Sino–U.S. trade agreement and the pharmaceutical industry

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On 16 January 2020, China and the United States signed the Economic and Trade Agreement between the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Government of the United States of America (the Phase One Trade...more

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U.S.-China Trade Deal Shows Potential for Improved U.S. Intellectual Property Rights in China

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A result of negotiating techniques from Donald Trump's book "The Art of the Deal" or a result of strategies from the ancient Chinese military strategy treatise "The Art of War"?...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

US-China Trade Agreement - Pharma impacts

President Trump has signed Phase I of a much anticipated multi-part trade agreement between the United States and China with provisions that will aid the branded pharmaceutical industry. One of the main goals of the agreement...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

U.S. – China Trade Agreement: China Agrees to Make Changes That Could Benefit U.S. Drug Companies Doing Business in China

On January 15, 2020, the United States and China signed a Phase 1 trade agreement (the “Agreement”). The Agreement addresses a broad range of economic issues including intellectual property, agriculture, financial markets,...more

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Is the New U.S.-China Agreement What Was Prescribed?

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The trade relationship between China and the United States has been top of mind for businesses over the past year. In spring 2018, Chinese President Xi Jinping denied the U.S. Government's request to end subsidies for key...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 11.25.2019 | Top Story: London denies Uber license, sowing chaos for its 45k drivers there

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The City of London has denied Uber’s request to extend its license in the city over concerns for rider safety. The decision puts Uber’s 45,000 drivers there in limbo, though they’ll be able to continue operating while the...more

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