Boris Malakhov

  Photo Close-up shot of pills spilled from plastic can on white created by KostyaKlimenko On 18 October 2021, the Russian IP Court rendered the decision in Geropharm vs. Novo Nordisk. While…

 On 1 March 2021, the Eurasian Patent Office launched the Pharmaceutical Register , covering 8 jurisdictions, including Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan A demo-version is available on the official website…

 At the beginning of the year, the Russian Government granted the first compulsory license on a series of Big Pharma's patents.  For the first time ever, "public security” clause has been evoked…

 Russian law provides that information on state registration of drugs shall be publicly available. For a long period, MoH used to turn a blind eye to this obligation, keeping information on all filed…

 In a precedent case before the Russian Intellectual Property Court, the judges pointed out that mere registration of a generic drug long before the patent expiry may constitute a threat of…