Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc v Kymab Ltd [2020] UKSC 27

As the research to find a vaccine for the coronavirus continues in earnest the case in this episode involves a patent that might hold part of the answer. The dispute gets to the heart of patent law and the balance that has to be struck between protecting the rights of inventors while at the same time encouraging new and continued innovation. We also discuss how this operates in practice in the pharmaceutical industry. Music from bensound.com