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GSK says it will not make a move for AZ as big pharma struggles to cope with patent cliff

7 May 2012 | Paul Gershlick

GSK, the biggest UK pharmaceuticals company, has ruled out a bid for the second biggest AstraZeneca. The GSK chief executive, Andrew Witty, said that such a move would be distracting. He believes that...

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Patent cliff damage shown in Pfizer’s results after Lipitor lost revenues

7 May 2012 | Paul Gershlick

Pfizer has suffered a big dent in both its revenues and earnings as it has felt the fall brunt of its Lipitor cholesterol blockbuster drug coming off patent. In the first quarter this year, the pharmaceutical...

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Independent Pharmacy Federation calls for 100 MPs to back an early day motion on drugs shortage crisis

4 May 2012 | Paul Gershlick

The Independent Pharmacy Federation, which represents many independent pharmacists in the UK, has called for at least 100 MPs to back a Parliamentary early day motion tabled by Keith Vaz MP to address...

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GSK accuses NICE of failure to support new drugs

4 May 2012 | Paul Gershlick

GSK, the UK's largest pharmaceutical company, has accused the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) of failing to do enough to recognise the value of new medicines and encourage...

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ECJ rules that infringements claims based on keywords can be heard by courts in country where advertiser established – Wintersteiger AG v Products 4U, European Court of Justice

4 May 2012 | Simon Weinberg

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that, where an action is brought for trade mark infringement by using, for example, Google’s “adwords”, that action can be heard by the courts in the...

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Details of staff members who dealt with complaints could be released under freedom of information request as they were not within the sphere of privacy to be personal data

4 May 2012 | Paul Gershlick

Mr Edem had made a freedom of information request to the Financial Services Authority for information relating to a complaint he had made about Egg. He was concerned that the FSA had failed to regulate...

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Asda refused permission to appeal to Supreme Court in Specsavers case – Specsavers International Healthcare Limited v Asda Stores Limited, Court of Appeal

4 May 2012 | Simon Weinberg

The Court of Appeal recently ruled that Asda had infringed some of Specsavers’ registered trade marks in an advertising campaign by using certain straplines and a logo on the grounds of unfair advantage...

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TripAdvisor latest to complain about Google’s alleged abuse of dominant position in placement of competing sites in search results

4 May 2012 | Paul Gershlick

TripAdvisor has become the latest business to complain that Google has allegedly abused its dominant position in the way it displays search results. TripAdvisor alleges that the search engine giant puts...

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Web site operator may be liable for site to which it links – McGrath v Dawkins, High Court

4 May 2012 | Paul Gershlick

McGrath sued Professor Richard Dawkins and various others for allegedly defamatory material posted on a web site. This was an application by the defendants to strike out the claim. The most interesting...

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High Court rules that duty of good faith was breached by acting arbitrarily, capriciously and irrationally – Compass Group UK and Ireland Ltd (trading as Medirest) v Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, High Court

3 May 2012 | Simon Weinberg

Medirest entered into an agreement with Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust (the Trust) for the supply of catering services in a hospital. The agreement contained a clause that obliged the parties to: “co-operate...

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GSK says it will not make a move for AZ as big pharma struggles to cope with patent cliff

Patent cliff damage shown in Pfizer’s results after Lipitor lost revenues

Independent Pharmacy Federation calls for 100 MPs to back an early day motion on drugs shortage crisis

GSK accuses NICE of failure to support new drugs

ECJ rules that infringements claims based on keywords can be heard by courts in country where advertiser established – Wintersteiger AG v Products 4U, European Court of Justice

Details of staff members who dealt with complaints could be released under freedom of information request as they were not within the sphere of privacy to be personal data

Asda refused permission to appeal to Supreme Court in Specsavers case – Specsavers International Healthcare Limited v Asda Stores Limited, Court of Appeal

TripAdvisor latest to complain about Google’s alleged abuse of dominant position in placement of competing sites in search results

Web site operator may be liable for site to which it links – McGrath v Dawkins, High Court

High Court rules that duty of good faith was breached by acting arbitrarily, capriciously and irrationally – Compass Group UK and Ireland Ltd (trading as Medirest) v Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, High Court

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