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Life Sciences

  • April 18, 2025

    PBMs Press 8th Circ. Bid To Pause FTC Case

    The nation's "Big Three" pharmacy benefit managers are asking the Eighth Circuit to pause the Federal Trade Commission's in-house insulin price-fixing case against them, saying that their constitutional challenge to the commission's administrative proceeding process should be fully heard before the in-house case moves forward.

  • April 18, 2025

    Ill. Justices To Weigh Scope Of Standard Pollution Exclusions

    The Illinois Supreme Court will consider whether pollution exclusions in standard-form commercial general liability policies apply to industrial emissions allowed under a regulatory permit, the court said Thursday, agreeing to take up a question certified by the Seventh Circuit.

  • April 18, 2025

    Federal Cannabis Law Reform Eyed In Bipartisan Push

    A bipartisan group of representatives has introduced legislation to reconcile the conflicts between the federal prohibition on cannabis and state laws that legalize it, and to prepare the country for federal legalization.

  • April 17, 2025

    Incyte Can Get Novartis' Privileged Info On Drug Royalty Deal

    Novartis must produce certain privileged documents to Incyte concerning its understanding of their contract for royalty payments from sales of Incyte's blood cancer drug, unless Novartis agrees its former outside counsel, who negotiated the terms, won't testify about that topic at the upcoming contract breach trial, a New York federal judge said Thursday.

  • April 17, 2025

    DC Circ. Has No Sympathy For Novartis Over Generic Entresto

    A D.C. Circuit panel went in circles Thursday with attorneys from Novartis, MSN Pharmaceuticals and the federal government, trying to work out how a study over dosing levels in the blockbuster drug Entresto should impact whether a generic version can be approved.

  • April 17, 2025

    Solicitor General's Office Now Features Two Top Lieutenants

    Mere days after the U.S. Solicitor General's Office got a new leader, it also got a new leadership structure featuring two BigLaw alums in the traditional second-in-command post, according to a hearing list the U.S. Supreme Court released Thursday.

  • April 17, 2025

    Bard Plant's Emission Controls Weren't Up To Snuff, Jury Told

    A Georgia state jury heard Thursday that a C.R. Bard medical equipment sterilization plant carelessly emitted ethylene oxide by going years without pollution controls, and later failing to diligently use and maintain the controls it did eventually install.

  • April 17, 2025

    Ozempic Caused Blindness, NC Woman Claims

    A North Carolina woman said in New Jersey federal court Wednesday that her use of the diabetes drug Ozempic resulted in the permanent loss of her vision, alleging that manufacturer Novo Nordisk A/S should have known the drug could cause blindness.

  • April 17, 2025

    RI Judge Wants To Know Who's Behind $11B Health Grant Cuts

    A Rhode Island federal judge on Thursday pressed the Trump administration for details about the decision-makers behind the cancellation of billions in grants supporting state public health programs.

  • April 17, 2025

    Nestle Can't Nix Diabetics' Boost Glucose False Ad Suit

    A California federal judge said Thursday she won't toss a proposed consumer class action alleging that Nestle falsely markets its Boost Glucose Control drinks as suitable for preventing and treating diabetes, but said she might boot one plaintiff who continued buying the product for two years after the complaint was filed.

  • April 17, 2025

    Patent Office Plans Rulemaking For New PTAB Denial Process

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office intends to go through the notice-and-comment rulemaking process for its new procedures allowing its director to decide whether petitions challenging patents at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board should be denied for discretionary reasons, a panel of judges and agency personnel said at a webinar on Thursday.

  • April 17, 2025

    Firms Seek Fee Relief Over 'Grossly Unfair' Seresto MDL Snub

    Two New Jersey law firms say they were cut out of their fair share of $4.5 million in attorney fees, awarded as part of a $15 million settlement they helped secure against Bayer and others in a flea collar multidistrict litigation, asking an Illinois federal court to order lead counsel to open their wallets and share the reward.

  • April 17, 2025

    AstraZeneca Unit Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Soliris

    Not-for-profit insurance company EmblemHealth Inc. has hit an AstraZeneca unit with a proposed class action claiming the subsidiary defrauded the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to delay generic competition of its blood disorder product Soliris.

  • April 17, 2025

    9th Circ. Revives Defect Suit Against CR Bard Over Clot Filter

    The Ninth Circuit on Thursday revived a patient's allegations that C.R. Bard's blood clot-preventing IVC filter was defective, ruling that a lower court was wrong to throw out the suit as untimely since there are factual disputes as to when the patient noticed the filter had malfunctioned.

  • April 17, 2025

    3rd Circ. Questions Walmart's Duty To Disclose Opioid Probe

    The Third Circuit on Thursday questioned the extent to which Walmart knew of the government's interest in prosecuting it for opioid sales, as it considered a bid by investors to revive class claims alleging the retail chain failed to disclose it was under investigation.

  • April 17, 2025

    Zenas BioPharma Faces Investor Suit Over Post-IPO Plunge

    Autoimmune disease therapeutics company Zenas BioPharma Inc. was hit with a proposed shareholder class action alleging that its registration statement for its September 2024 initial public offering overstated the amount of time that the company could fund its operations using existing cash and expected net proceeds from the offering.

  • April 17, 2025

    Cooley Boosts Life Sciences Team With Latham Partner Hire

    Cooley LLP has hired a former Latham & Watkins LLP partner to join its global life sciences and healthcare regulatory practice as a partner in Washington, D.C.

  • April 17, 2025

    Calif. Court Says Co.'s Heart Monitors Are Not Tax-Exempt

    A California company is not eligible for a $3.3 million refund of sales and use tax paid on heart monitoring devices because the devices aren't considered tax-exempt medicine, a state appeals court ruled.

  • April 17, 2025

    Moderna Says New Drug Plant Riddled With Defects, Mold

    Life sciences company Moderna is suing a Massachusetts construction firm over multiple alleged defects in a recently built production facility for one of its experimental cancer drugs, including leaks that led to mold growth so "extensive and pervasive" the entire roof has to be replaced.

  • April 17, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    The past week in London has seen the producers of West End show "Elf the Musical" face a contract dispute, Korean biotech company ToolGen Inc. bring a fresh patents claim against pharma giant Vertex, and ousted car tycoon Peter Waddell bring a claim against the private equity firm that backed his business. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • April 17, 2025

    Haynes Boone Atty Joins Mintz Capital Markets Team

    Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC said Tuesday that its New York office has welcomed a corporate attorney from Haynes Boone who advises investment banks and private issuers on equity securities offerings and strategic investments.

  • April 16, 2025

    11th Circ. Revives FCA Claim Against Fla. Medical Suppliers

    The Eleventh Circuit said Wednesday that a Florida district court rightly dismissed most of a False Claims Act lawsuit by two former employees of medical supply companies, reviving a single claim that it said was pleaded with enough specificity.

  • April 16, 2025

    Bard Sickened Ga. Man With Medical Gas Pollution, Jury Told

    A C.R. Bard medical equipment sterilization plant secretly "poisoned" a resident of a Georgia town by emitting ethylene oxide for 50 years, a jury heard in opening statements Tuesday, while Bard told the jury it "overwhelmingly" demonstrated reasonable care with the powerful gas.

  • April 16, 2025

    Geron Shareholder Sues Execs Over Drug Launch Claims

    A shareholder of Geron Corp. has filed a derivative suit against current and former members of the biopharmaceutical company's top brass, accusing them of making misleading statements about the commercial prospects of its cancer drug despite knowing that the company faced challenges to the drug's success.

  • April 16, 2025

    Wyo. Justices Skeptical Of State Abortion Bans' Legality

    The Wyoming Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed poised to side with a lower court judge that recent abortion bans violate the state's constitution, hinting that the Legislature doesn't have the authority to determine when life begins and thus cannot establish a compelling interest for the laws. 

Expert Analysis

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    Group Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The combination of physical fitness and community connection derived from running with a group of business leaders has, among other things, helped me to stay grounded, improve my communication skills, and develop a deeper empathy for clients and colleagues, says Jessica Shpall Rosen at Greenwald Doherty.

  • Opinion

    6 Changes I Would Make If I Ran A Law School

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    Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner identifies several key issues plaguing law schools and discusses potential solutions, such as opting out of the rankings game and mandating courses in basic writing skills.

  • Predictions For Trump Antitrust Enforcement Of Life Sciences

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    Key life sciences antitrust issues of the past two administrations may indicate the direction of enforcement during President-elect Donald Trump's second term, including in areas such as drug prices, killer acquisitions and merger remedies, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • Nutraceutical Patent Insights As Market Heats Up

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    Companies entering the expanding nutraceutical market and seeking patents to protect their innovations should evaluate successful nutraceutical claim language and common patent challenges in this field, say attorneys at Sterne Kessler.

  • Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware

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    Partner mobility data suggests that the third quarter of this year continued to be a buyer’s market, with the average candidate demanding less compensation for a larger book of business — but moving into the fourth quarter, firms should slow down their hiring process to minimize risks, say officers at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.

  • What 2024 Election Means For Drugs, Medicare And Medicaid

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    With Republicans running the White House, U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, the incoming administration is likely to provide pathways — through new initiatives and others returning from Trump's previous presidency — for a range of potential changes to drug pricing, Medicare and Medicaid, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: 1 Type Of Case Complexity Stands Out

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    In contrast to some cases that appear complex due to voluminous evidence or esoteric subject matter, a different kind of complexity involves tangled legal and factual questions, each with a range of possible outcomes, which require a “sliding scale” approach instead of syllogistic reasoning, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • What Bisphenol S Prop 65 Listing Will Mean For Industry

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    The imminent addition of bisphenol S — a chemical used in millions of products — to California's Proposition 65 list will have sweeping compliance and litigation implications for companies in the retail, food and beverage, paper, manufacturing and personal care product industries, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.

  • Fed. Circ. Ruling Shows Importance Of Trial Expert Specificity

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    The Federal Circuit’s recent ruling in NexStep v. Comcast highlights how even a persuasive expert’s failure to fully explain the basis of their opinion at trial can turn a winning patent infringement argument into a losing one, say attorneys at Barnes & Thornburg.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: Note 3 Simple Types Of Legal Complexity

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    Cases can appear complex for several reasons — due to the number of issues, the volume of factual and evidentiary sources, and the sophistication of those sources — but the same basic technique can help lawyers tame their arguments into a simple and persuasive message, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • Justices Mull Sex-Based Classification In Trans Law Case

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in U.S. v. Skrmetti this week, it appears that the fate of the Tennessee law at the center of the case — a law banning gender-affirming healthcare for transgender adolescents — will hinge on whether the majority read the statute as imposing a sex-based classification, says Alexandra Crandall at Dickinson Wright.

  • Series

    Gardening Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Beyond its practical and therapeutic benefits, gardening has bolstered important attributes that also apply to my litigation practice, including persistence, patience, grit and authenticity, says Christopher Viceconte at Gibbons.

  • Litigation Inspiration: Reframing Document Review

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    For attorneys — new ones especially — there is much fulfillment to find in document review by reflecting on how important, interesting and pleasant it can be, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • Key Takeaways From FDA's Latest Social Media Warnings

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    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's latest untitled letter concerning a drug company's social media promotion provides lessons for how companies should navigate risk presentation, FDA labeling requirements and superiority claims, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Expect More State Scrutiny Of PE In Healthcare M&A

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    While a California bill that called for increased antitrust scrutiny of many healthcare private equity transactions was recently vetoed by the governor, state legislatures are likely to continue introducing similar laws, particularly if the Trump administration eases federal enforcement, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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