11/18/2025 1:43:39 PM Can AI help deliver new antibiotics? By Paul Chapman I have previously reported on the issues we face regarding increased antimicrobial resistance and limited new antibiotics being...
10/30/2025 1:01:14 PM Marks & Clerk earns recognition in Best Law Firms – Canada 2026 guide By M&C Newsroom We are delighted to share that Best Lawyers has recognized Marks & Clerk across multiple practice areas in the second (2026) edition of...
8/15/2025 12:02:37 PM Generative AI Designs New Antibiotics - But Who Owns the Invention? By Andrew Tiberia The global rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has created an urgent need for new chemical modalities to combat drug-resistant...
7/10/2025 2:26:07 PM Lexpert recognizes two leading lawyers from Marks & Clerk in Canada By Julie Klein Marks & Clerk is proud to share that two of our Canadian partners have been recognized in the Lexpert Special Edition: Health Sciences...
7/8/2025 10:24:07 AM New Malaria treatment for young babies approved By Paul Chapman I was very pleased to read (here) that the first malaria treatment for use by young babies has just been approved and is expected to be...
6/16/2025 12:50:37 PM Dose of the Future: How 3D Printing is Serving Up Your Personalised Pills By Mitasha Bharadwaj Imagine a world where your medication is crafted just for you – not a distant dream, but an exhilarating reality brought to life by the...
6/2/2025 2:31:07 PM New antibiotics - cautious optimism By Paul Chapman We recently reported (here) on the global challenge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and discussed how antimicrobial patent filings have...
4/17/2025 9:43:11 AM FDA issues warning about counterfeit Ozempic By Megan Rannard On Monday 14 April, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning about hundreds of counterfeit Ozempic injections...
4/8/2025 8:16:07 AM Future R&D funding in the UK By Paul Chapman Last week, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) announced how it will allocate a record of nearly £14 billion in...
3/31/2025 2:18:37 PM Innovative 3D Printing in Healthcare: From Design to Drug Delivery By Mitasha Bharadwaj The latest advancements in Additive Manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing technology represent a remarkable breakthrough in the...
3/17/2025 12:13:38 PM AI-designed snake antivenoms: A new era for drug discovery and IP strategy By Tim Watkin Samuel Lowden Every year 100,000 people worldwide die from venomous snakebites, and three times as many suffer permanent disabilities. A team at the...
2/11/2025 8:01:35 AM UPC: The advent of file wrapper estoppel? By Thomas Prock In two recent decisions before the UPC (UPC_CoA_402/2024, UPC_CoA_405/2024), the Court of Appeal rejected an appeal by Alexion...
1/23/2025 3:10:50 PM An AMR call to action at the World Economic Forum By Paul Chapman As someone who has a lot of interest in the field of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), I was keen to listen to the session on AMR being...
12/19/2024 4:15:38 PM An early Christmas present for combination products By Gareth Williams As always, the CJEU continue to refine the rules regarding obtaining SPCs in Europe. The latest judgment on combination products leaves...
8/15/2024 8:22:22 AM Combatting antimicrobial resistance By Gareth Williams Antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, is one of the major current health concerns. Resistant strains which have emerged recently include...
6/28/2024 10:06:35 AM Fungi not so fun guys any more By Gareth Williams If you've seen or played The Last of Us, the post-apocalyptic survival horror game/show, you'll be familiar with the idea that fungal...