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Solvay Wins More Rare Earths Disputes

25.11.2016 - Solvay has won another two patent cases against affiliates of Neo Performance Materials relating to its range of OPtalys cerium/zirconium mixed oxides products. The Belgian group...

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Sanofi Files Patent Suit Against US Merck

20.09.2016 - French drugmaker Sanofi has filed a patent infringement suit in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware charging US pharmaceutical producer Merck with...

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A New Pathway

12.09.2016 - Reducing nitro groups to amines is a well-known and frequently applied method, which is useful in the synthesis of various classes of compounds of interest in the pharmaceutical...

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Gilead Sciences Faces Another Hepatitis C Lawsuit

05.09.2016 - Gilead Sciences is once again preparing to defend itself against a challenge to its hepatitis C intellectual property. The latest lawsuit comes from the University of Minnesota...

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Solvay Wins Rare Earths Patent Cases

14.04.2016 - A court in Dusseldorf, Germany, has ruled that UK-based Molycorp Chemicals & Oxides has infringed Solvay’s patents for rare earth mixed oxides. The UK affiliate of the Colorado, US...

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Actavis to Sell Generic Yaz Birth Control After Ruling

17.04.2013 - Pharmaceutical company Actavis said on Tuesday that it would once again sell a generic version of Bayer's Yaz after an appeals court ruled that Bayer's patent for the oral...

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Intellectual Property Safeguards in China

17.07.2012 - Diminishing Risk of Copycats - In the Western world, the protection of intellectual property is often a key issue in investing in China. For example, in the book "The Chemical and...