Pharmaceuticals

2018 has so far been a productive year for M&A deals in the pharmaceutical sector. At the start of the year, Celgene acquired both Impact Biomedicines for around $7 billion and Juno Therapeutics, Inc for a total of approximately $9 billion. In March, Sanofi completed its $11.6 billion acquisition of Bioveratis....

There has been much debate in recent years about the difficulty in attracting both private and public funds into the UK biotech industry.  At certain points, it seemed like a disproportionate percentage of the funding that was invested into UK biotech came from the US.  It is likely that there...

In a judgment issued on 12 July, the UK Supreme Court made some significant changes in the law of UK patent infringement which could have far reaching consequences, especially in the pharmaceutical sector. In particular, they addressed the issue of infringement by equivalents not otherwise falling within the literal claim scope and...

The role of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) as a regulator is to protect and promote public and animal health by evaluating and supervising medication for both human and veterinary use. The EMA was created to harmonise the working practices of the various EU member state territories. It also reduces...