Pharmaceuticals

  As we found in the first part of this two-part series, timing is everything when it comes to filing a patent application. Filing too early may mean your application may lack the essential evidence to support your invention. But can post-filed data resuscitate your chances of a patent? In...

  Timing is everything when it comes to filing a patent application. Too early and your application may lack the essential evidence to support your invention. Too late and the competition may beat you to it. But problems may arise if suitable evidence is not included in your patent application,...

With an ever-aging population, one of the biggest challenges facing the modern world is the rising prevalence of neurodegenerative disease. Neurodegenerative disease is a collective term for a number of diseases characterised by the loss of structure, or function, of neurons; the building blocks of the nervous system. Examples of...

The CJEU has dealt a massive blow to the drug repurposing sector with its decision in Santen, stripping companies of their right to Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs), and overturning one of the most influential SPC cases of all time: Neurim. SPCs provide up to five years of market exclusivity for...

Startups raising hundreds of thousands – even millions – of pounds via Kickstarter may be rarer than it once was, but crowdfunding remains a popular method of fundraising. There are a myriad of options, whether you go down the equity crowdfunding route offered by the likes of Seedrs, CrowdCube, and...