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How do patent thickets vary across different countries

Drug Patent Watch

“Patent thickets can lead to holdup of innovations, increases in the complexity of negotiations over licenses and increases in litigation, and can also create incentives to add more and weaker patents to the patent system. Cross-licensing agreements: To navigate patent thickets, many companies enter into cross-licensing agreements.

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Queen’s University Belfast enters collaboration and licensing agreement with Ipsen to progress FLIP inhibitor project which has been supported by Domainex

Drug Discovery Today

a leading provider of integrated drug discovery services to life science organisations globally, is delighted that Professors Daniel Longley, Tim Harrison and colleagues at Queen’s University Belfast have entered into a collaboration and licensing agreement with Ipsen. Saffron Walden, 26th January 2022 / Domainex Ltd.,

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Treatments for poxviruses -- including those causing mpox and smallpox -- may already exist in licensed drugs

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

The drug tecovirimat is currently in use for the treatment of mpox -- the disease caused by monkeypox virus -- that spread worldwide in 2022. Tecovirimat is an anti-poxviral drug, and its use is driving the emergence of drug-resistant variants of the monkeypox virus.

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Nobel Prize celebrates AI’s role in protein structure innovation

Drug Target Review

the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries increasingly rely on AI-driven discoveries, companies operating in this space will need to carefully consider how to obtain meaningful protection for both the AI platforms and the products generated by such platforms.

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The paradox of data in precision medicine

Drug Target Review

In many cases, life sciences organisations are using technologies that were not specifically designed for scientific data, leading to inefficiencies in both research and operations. Below are three key challenges that need to be addressed to overcome this technological bottleneck.

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What you should know about the FDA’s Biological License Application Process

Reprocell

The biological license application (BLA) is one of the many requests for marketing approval received by the FDA. Unlike the New Drug Application (NDA) which is usually the go-to submission for chemically synthesized, low molecular weight drugs BLAs grant sponsors the ability to introduce Biologics into interstate commerce.

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The future of mental health treatment: Zelquistinel’s role

Drug Target Review

Previously, he served as VP of Science & External Innovation at Allergan, where he played a pivotal role in the global development of zelquistinel, a third-generation oral N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor modulator. He holds an honours Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Indiana University.