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Pharmaseal reaches milestone in crowdfunding campaign

The company was first founded in 2016

Ilya Pharma awarded engineered lactic acid bacterial strain patent

The patent covers the use of engineered lactic acid bacterial strains for all human and animal wounds, not just skin

A card in the competition for COVID-19 drug supply

The patent system has come under pressure both politically and, more recently, as pharma companies scale-up their operations to make large amounts...

Pharma cybersecurity challenges: a holistic prescription

The pharmaceutical sector remains a prime target for cyberattacks. As an industry built on innovation, with extensive investments in research and d...

Sigrid Therapeutics obtains US patent for silica-based biomaterial SiPore15 for the treatment and prevention of obesity

Mesoporous silica particles (MSP) are a type of ingestible synthetic amorphous silica particles that can be produced with a large surface area and...

VistaGen and Nuformix agree to develop cocrystalline forms of AV-101

The drug for treatment of multiple CNS conditions will be reformed into a novel patentable form to potentially improve delivery and give more intel...

Using IP to secure opportunities in the budding medical cannabis sector

The opportunities for innovation in medical cannabis dovetails with the opportunity to obtain patent protection for the resulting inventions by pha...

Taking a multifaceted approach to combatting superbugs

Paul Chapman, Partner at Marks & Clerk LLP, takes a look at research underway for testing a compound on Gram-negative bacteria known for being the...

Phillips-Medisize acquires mini-tablet dispenser patent

The US company has acquired exclusive ownership of the patent from a global pharmaceutical company and expects to make the product available by ear...

UK pharmaceutical patents up 20%

Innovation seen to be key as this sector continues to grow and export its technology to the wider world, reports Marks & Clerk

The importance of disaster resilience in the pharmaceutical industry

Changes to IP protection laws have left pharmaceutical manufacturers facing fierce competition and urgently looking for ways to streamline producti...

Locate Bio is granted key US and EU patents for its IntraStem non-viral, next generation gene delivery technology

Locate Bio, a cell and gene therapy platform company developing a pipeline of regenerative medicine products, has received notification that it wil...

Why intellectual property is vital to the success of R&D

Life changing medicinal breakthroughs and cutting-edge surgical technology just would not exist without vital research and development

Hikma launches Dalfampridine Extended-release tablets

Hikma Pharmaceuticals, formerly known as West-Ward Pharmaceuticals, has launched Dalfampridine Extended-release tablets, 10 mg, the generic therape...

The trials and tribulations of pharmaceutical IP management

The pharmaceutical industry relies on innovation to develop new medical treatments, but bringing a product to market is high risk and high cost