19 Dec, 2024 An early Christmas present for combination products By Gareth Williams As always, the CJEU continue to refine the rules regarding obtaining SPCs in Europe. The latest judgment on combination products leaves...
15 Aug, 2024 Combatting antimicrobial resistance By Gareth Williams Antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, is one of the major current health concerns. Resistant strains which have emerged recently include...
28 Jun, 2024 Fungi not so fun guys any more By Gareth Williams If you've seen or played The Last of Us, the post-apocalyptic survival horror game/show, you'll be familiar with the idea that fungal...
06 Jun, 2024 Protecting Med Tech Innovations in the Era of Home Diagnostics By Dan Gunn Melissa Lever As patent attorneys in the Med Tech space, it is evident that the self-testing revolution will continue to gain momentum. The global...
17 May, 2024 Exceptional researchers elected to Royal Society Fellowship By Andrea Williams The Royal Society has announced the names of over 90 exceptional researchers to be elected as Fellows; and I am so pleased to see some of...
20 Dec, 2023 Hope for pregnant women as hormonal discovery hints at treatment for morning sickness By Giles Pinnington Morning sickness is something which pregnant women have had to endure for far too long, but a discovery made by an international team of...
06 Oct, 2023 It's the Circle of Life By Gareth Williams Could circular RNA be the Next Big Thing for RNA therapeutics? The molecules are much more persistent than linear RNA (such as the mRNA...
02 Oct, 2023 "Octo-patch"? "Cephalo-pill"? By Gareth Williams I'm always a sucker for a cephalopod-linked story, so naturally I clicked on this one. Researchers have taken inspiration from the arms...
07 Sep, 2023 UK rejoins Horizon and Copernicus programmes By Marks & Clerk In a boost to UK research that will be welcomed, not just by scientists based in the United Kingdom, but by research groups across...
05 Sep, 2023 MHRA issues guidance on new International Recognition Procedure (IRP) for streamlining medicine approvals in the UK By Marks & Clerk The new framework was first floated back in January 2023, as a way for the MHRA to streamline the authorisation process by taking...
30 May, 2023 AI research discovers new antibiotic By Lara Sibley A really interesting article highlighting the potential of AI for drug discovery. The article describes how an AI model was used to...
27 Apr, 2023 Unitary SPCs get the green light By Marks & Clerk As part of a sweeping package of proposals concerning Standard Essential Patents, Compulsory Licensing and Supplementary Protection...