Healthcare M&A deals are expected to pick up over the next few months, and one expert is predicting that the biopharma sector in particular will see especially robust activity. M&A lawyer Matt Gardella said there are three sets of market circumstances that will lead to an influx of biopharma deals: a looming patent cliff, shrinking valuations and a weak IPO market.
Pinpointing the expiration date of drug patents can make filing taxes look like child's play. Each drug has wide ranging intellectual property, with timelines that are ever-changing. That said, here’s a list of 26 drugs that will probably go off patent in 2018.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
This will be a year in which generic drugmakers will have plenty of fodder - more than two dozen major drugs are going off-patent in 2016.
Despite the influx of recent, positive news from Bristol-Myers Squibb, CEO Lamberto Andreotti remained a bit cagey during today’s JP Morgan presentation about the company’s plan this year to recover from major drugs like Abilify and Baraclude going off-patent. The past three weeks alone have been quite bullish for the pharma giant: With the “earlier-than-expected” approval of Opdivo for […]
Takeda announced positive late-stage results for its new type 2 diabetes drug, fasiglifam (TAK-875), the first GPR40 agonist to reach late-stage development. Fasiglifam has the potential to be a compelling therapeutic option and will likely be investigated for use in combination therapy, given its unique mechanism of action. The Japanese drug maker is in desperate […]