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Clarifying the patentability of medical use inventions in China

By AWA | Posted on May 20, 2020

At the end of 2019, the new Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) emerged. It has gone on to infect millions of people worldwide and so far, claimed the lives of over a quarter of a million people. COVID-19 has disrupted the world economy like never before. At the same time, it has brought unprecedented global attention to disease...

Tags: china, CNIPA, EPO, Gilead, inventions, JPO, medical use, patents, Remdesivir

What patent protection does Gilead’s COVID-19 treatment Remdesivir have?

By Anders Heebøll-Nielsen, Michael Bech Sommer | Posted on April 30, 2020

On 29 April 2020 Gilead announced that its drug Remdesivir has a positive effect in the treatment of COVID-19 from a phase three trial of the drug. The investigation was so successful that for ethical reasons it was “unblinded” – the effect observed was so significant that retaining the group on placebo would prevent those...

Tags: applications, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Gilead, IPR protection, patents, PCT, Remdesivir

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