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    Punch in the Gut: Impact of PGR ruling on microbiome therapeutics

    April 22, 2020

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    By David Resnick and Mark J. FitzGerald, Ph.D.

    Originally recorded on April 21, 2020

    Mark FitzGerald, a partner at Nixon Peabody, and members of the HGF Microbiome IP Team examine the ruling in Genome & Co. v. University of Chicago. and its impact on patents covering microbiome therapeutics in the U.S., and the HGF Microbiome IP team provides perspective regarding challenges to patents covering similar subject matter in the European Patent Office.

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