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One year after Vanda, are diagnostics patents transforming into methods of treatment to overcome Mayo-based rejections?

What impact have Mayo and Vanda had for applicants attempting to obtain patent protection for inventions involving methods of diagnosis and methods of treatment?

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This work was supported, in part, by a Novo Nordisk Foundation grant for a scientifically independent Collaborative Research Programme in Biomedical Innovation Law (grant agreement number NNF17SA0027784).

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Aboy, M., Crespo, C., Liddell, K. et al. One year after Vanda, are diagnostics patents transforming into methods of treatment to overcome Mayo-based rejections?. Nat Biotechnol 38, 279–283 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0440-4

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