Sat.Jun 20, 2020 - Fri.Jun 26, 2020

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Biosimilar Maker Leverages IPR to Avoid Patent Dance and Obtain Early Market Entry

Bio Law Blog

Amgen Inc. and Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. settled three Inter Partes Review (IPR) proceedings concerning patents covering Alexion’s blockbuster humanized monoclonal antibody drug Soliris®, with Amgen obtaining a royalty-free license for marketing a biosimilar prior to expiration of the patents at issue. Alexion is the maker of Soliris (eculizumab), a humanized monoclonal antibody against complement protein C5, indicated for the treatment of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH)

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The "Emergency Rent Relief Act of 2020," Signed By Governor Cuomo on June 17, Establishes Rent Relief For Residential Low-Income Tenants

GDB Firm Blog

??The "Emergency Rent Relief Act of 2020," signed by Governor Cuomo on June 17, establishes rent relief for residential low-income tenants by providing up to $100,000,000 in voucher payments to landlords to subsidize rent owed by low-income tenants.

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Project Group Issues New Guidelines About Selling Franchises During the Pandemic

GDB Firm Blog

Franchisors and state regulators have been struggling with the issue of how franchisors can continue to sell franchises in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic in a way that is not misleading, particularly if their franchise disclosure document (FDD) contains historical information from 2019 about franchisee financial performance which predates the pandemic?

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