Category: Intellectual property
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Life Science Execs: Financial, IP Info Top Hacker Targets
Technology executives at pharmaceutical and medical device enterprises in the U.S. say financial and intellectual property assets are their top targets for hackers, according to survey results released today.
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Lilly Licensing Autoimmune Therapy in $400M Deal
Drug maker Eli Lilly and Company is licensing a therapy from a biotechnology company that produces self-correcting cells for people with disorders caused by a malfunctioning immune system.
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Patent Awarded for Exosome Capture Process
A company making blood filtering devices was awarded a patent for a process to capture tiny particles carrying proteins that suppress immune responses.
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Biotech Licensing Viral T-Cell Immunotherapies
A company making treatments for viral infections that stimulate natural T-cells in the immune system is licensing a related technology from Baylor College of Medicine.
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Broad Institute in Crispr Licensing Program
One of the key inventors of a genome editing technique known as Crispr is joining a program that promises to ease licensing of its patents for the technology.
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Supreme Court Cuts Biosimilar Waiting Time
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled yesterday that makers of biologic drugs similar to branded originals need not wait an additional 6 months to begin marketing their products.
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Engineered Immune Cells to be Explored for Solid Tumors
A cancer research center and biotechnology company will examine genetically engineered immune system cells as possible treatments for solid tumor cancers.
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Univ. Spin-Off Discovering New Antibiotics
A new enterprise founded by three microbiologists at Harvard Medical School is licensing the founders’ research to find treatments for antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
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Patent Awarded for COPD Dry Powder Inhaler Formula
A formulation for dry powder inhalers to treat respiratory diseases that its developers say delivers medication to the lungs more efficiently received a U.S. patent.
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Univ. Spin-Off Creating Baby Brain Development Food
A start-up enterprise spun-off from the Duke-NUS medical school in Singapore is licensing research for a new food product for mothers to help a baby’s cognitive development.