Federal Circuit’s rulings on subject matter patent eligibility have fractured the court, the US government says in advising the high court to review American Axle v. Neapco to provide clarity. BIO, former PTO director Kappos and Sen. Tillis also urge Supreme Court to hear the case.

BIO, PhRMA, Novartis, Amgen, and Genentech suggest revisions to guidance on hot-button issue of subject matter patent eligiblity; patent owners group says 'best approach' is to enact legislation to restore patent eligibility law.

The verdict resolves an intellectual property dispute in which Illumina alleged Ariosa was violating Illumina's patents on prenatal genetic testing technology.

Roche Molecular Diagnostic's top researcher, Walter Koch, discusses the promise of liquid biopsy following FDA's recent approval of its first liquid-biopsy companion diagnostic, Roche's cobas test for the cancer drug Tarceva.