MediGene

MediGene AG defends patent portfolio in field of cancer-killing oncolytic herpes viruses

Published in Law and Health Weekly, July 15th, 2006

The German-American biotech company MediGene AG (MDG) has announced that it has defended its patent on HSV (herpes simplex viruses) before the Boards of Appeal at the European Patent Office.

The patent as maintained protects a production method for herpes simplex virus-1 vaccines including specific oncolytic herpes simplex viruses (cancer-killing HSV) developed by MediGene. The University College of London and the University Court of the University of Glasgow had opposed the patent. The two companies BioVex Ltd., and Crusade Laboratories Ltd., respectively, emerged from these two universities. MediGene had acquired an exclusive license under the patent from the...

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Source: Law and Health Weekly (2006-07-15)

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