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Day: May 19, 2009
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By Kevin E. Noonan — What a difference a year makes. Steven Burrill (at right), President and CEO of Burrill & Co., unveiled his company's "State of the Biotechnology Industry" report on Tuesday at BIO 2009 in Atlanta. Mr. Burrill described what he termed "a sea change" that has occurred over the past several…
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By Donald Zuhn — In a Breakout Session entitled "The Emerging Promise of Personalized Medicine," a panel consisting of Cindy Collins, Group Vice President at Beckman Coulter, Inc.; Brian Barrett, Associate General Patent Counsel at Eli Lilly & Company; Dr. Courtney Harper, Associate Director for Toxicology at the Office of In Vitro Diagnostic Device…
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By Sherri Oslick — In a Super Session held Tuesday morning at the BIO 2009 conference, Ernst & Young hosted "Beyond Borders — Ernst & Young's Global Biotechnology Report 2009," a presentation that summarized the financial performance of the biotechnology industry in 2008 and addressed related issues and trends. The session consisted of brief…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — In an otherwise unremarkable decision affirming the district court's claim construction and summary judgment of noninfringement in Abbott Laboratories v. Sandoz, Inc., the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit took the opportunity to reconcile a long-standing conflict in its precedent. Deciding this portion en banc, the court expressly…
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