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Monsanto, DuPont Settle Lawsuits, Set New $1.75 Billion Deal

26.03.2013 - Monsanto and DuPont have settled a bitter legal battle over rights to technology for genetically modified seeds and will drop antitrust and patent claims against each other while...

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AstraZeneca Settles Crestor Patent Dispute

25.03.2013 - AstraZeneca has seen off a remaining threat to its top-selling cholesterol drug Crestor by settling a U.S. legal case with Watson Laboratories, a unit of Actavis, and Egis. The...

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Top U.S. Court to Decide on Deals to Delay Cheaper Drugs

23.03.2013 - The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday over whether big drug companies can settle patent litigation with generic rivals by making deals to keep cheaper products off...

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Lonza, Hyglos Reach Agreement for Endotoxin Detection Patents

14.03.2013 - Lonza Walkersville and Hyglos, a German biotech company, announced today that they have reached a mutually beneficial global settlement which includes a license agreement for...

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Jury Orders J&J Unit to Pay $8.3 Million in Metal Hip Trial

09.03.2013 - A Los Angeles jury ordered Johnson & Johnson's DePuy orthopedic unit to pay more than $8 million in damages in the first trial of nearly 11,000 lawsuits filed over the company's...

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Pfizer Gets Celebrex Patent Extension

05.03.2013 - U.S. regulators granted Pfizer a reissued patent on its multibillion-dollar Celebrex pain drug that extends its marketing exclusivity until early December 2015, the company said on...

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Par to Pay $45 Million, End US Probes Over AIDS Appetite Drug

05.03.2013 - Par Pharmaceutical has agreed to pay $45 million to settle federal criminal and civil probes over its marketing and sale of a drug to treat appetite loss in AIDS patients, a...

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Arbitrator Sets Final Dow Chemical Payout from Kuwait Venture

04.03.2013 - Dow Chemical said an arbitrator has ruled it is owed $2.48 billion by a Kuwaiti firm that scuttled a 2008 joint venture, though it is not clear when the funds will be paid. The...