They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.

-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.

NEW: @novonordisk.bsky.social & @elilillyandcompany.bsky.social are using dense clusters of patents to extend monopolies on blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss drugs including #Ozempic, #Wegovy, & #Mounjaro, fueling high prices and health inequities, according to an @imakglobal.bsky.social report.

“The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a slate of bipartisan bills aimed at lowering drug prices by curbing certain patent-related tactics used by pharmaceutical companies to delay cheaper generics and biosimilars.” @yasiejko.bsky.social , @bloomberg.com

A @danahercorporation.bsky.social unit urged a federal court to quash @amgen.bsky.social’s subpoena in a patent suit over Fresenius Kabi’s biosimilars of Prolia and Xgeva, arguing Amgen seeks confidential details about a cell-culture ingredient that would expose its trade secrets.

MSN Laboratories is pushing to launch its generic Entresto during a brief legal window before a federal judge decides on @novartis.bsky.social‘s request to block the cheaper version of its blockbuster drug for six more months.

This blockbuster patent-infringement dispute just won't die.

Tesla and Elon Musk urged a Calif. federal judge to dismiss Alcon Entertainment’s suit accusing them of using an AI-altered image from “Blade Runner 2049" to promote Tesla's forthcoming Cybercab.

Warner Bros. Discovery hosted livestreamed promotional event & said case based on “wild assertions.”

NEW: @10xgenomics.bsky.social and @harvard.edu's Harvard College settled w/ @vizgen.bsky.social before a federal jury could decide whether Vizgen unlawfully used patented gene-mapping technology or whether Harvard rigged the rules to give 10x a market monopoly, according to a Thursday court filing.

SETTLED: @novartis.bsky.social & MSN Labs had been awaiting ruling on validity of 3 infringed patents after 2/2024 bench trial. Expire in 6/2028, 3/2031, and 12/2029, respectively.

Kisqali US sales = $1.678B in 2024, ~3.3% revenue & 63% 🔺than in 2023 (Novartis’ earnings report, released today).

My first foray into @bsky.app:

Curio Bioscience's counterclaim alleging anticompetitive conduct and monopolistic intent by @10xgenomics.bsky.social in a case over patented gene-expression technology should proceed, a federal magistrate judge said in a mixed report.

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