One of the world’s leading aeroplane manufacturers has come up with a radical new seat design -with split-level seating inside the cabin. The arrangement proposed by Airbus designers would be used in a premium cabin such as business class with rows in the middle section alternating between floor level and an elevated level that is...

Almac Discovery, a research driven oncology company that is dedicated to the discovery and development of novel and innovative approaches to the treatment of cancer, has announced that it has been granted patent protection (Patent Number 2040728) for its novel therapeutic drug, ALM201, in Europe, one of the largest Biopharmaceutical markets in the world. This...

Sandoz, a Novartis company and the global leader in biosimilars, announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted its Biologics License Application (BLA) under the 351 (k) pathway for its proposed biosimilar to Amgen’s US-licensed Enbrel® (etanercept) – a tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) inhibitor.

Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) withdrew its opposition to the patent application for Gilead Pharmasset’s Hepatitis C drug sofosbuvir, marketed as Sovaldi, after the latter entered into a voluntary licensing agreement with 11 companies to sell the generic version at a lower price.

The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2015, released yesterday, saw India ranked a disappointing 81 out of the 141 countries surveyed. Topping the list for the 5th year running is Switzerland, followed by UK and Sweden.

Drug makers BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. have agreed to settle a patent dispute over BioMarin’s Kuvan’s tablets.

Tara Alvarez, a professor of biomedical engineering at NJIT, will receive an Edison Patent Award later this year from the Research & Development Council of New Jersey for a novel test she and a colleague designed to help eye doctors predict how well their patients will adapt to progressive lenses.

User-centered design will be a top priority as the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office develops its new online patent filing and viewing system, agency CIO John Owens told FedScoop.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office debuted a new tool that makes it easier for the public to explore the agency’s patents archive.

MBI announced its innovative biomass pretreatment patent (patent no. 9,102,964) has been issued by the USPTO.