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Latest News in Life Sciences

  • July 08, 2026

    Jazz Patent Suit Over Xyrem Survives Dismissal In NJ

    A New Jersey federal judge has refused to let generic-drug company Tris Pharma Inc. escape a suit claiming its attempt to sell a competing version of Jazz Pharmaceuticals' narcolepsy drug Xyrem infringes a series of patents.

  • July 08, 2026

    AstraZeneca Employee Traded On Icosavax Deal, SEC Says

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday accused a former AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP employee of using nonpublic information to trade ahead of the company's $1.1 billion acquisition of vaccine design company Icosavax Inc., yielding approximately $10,000 in illicit gains.

  • July 08, 2026

    Pa. Superior Court Upholds J&J Win In Talc Cancer Suit

    The Pennsylvania Superior Court on Tuesday upheld a 2025 verdict clearing Johnson & Johnson of liability in a suit alleging that using talc caused a woman's fatal mesothelioma, finding that a lower court didn't err by clarifying the jury's instructions after jurors awarded $22 million in punitive damages.

  • July 08, 2026

    Formula-Maker Sued After Recall And Reports Of Sick Infants

    Infant formula manufacturer Nara Organics Inc. sold milk-based powder that had to be recalled after federal regulators learned that multiple infants who had consumed the product were hospitalized with life-threatening botulism, according to a proposed class action filed Wednesday in New York federal court.

  • July 08, 2026

    PBMs Fight Bid To Add Pharmacy Group To Price-Fixing Suit

    Two pharmacy benefit managers have told a Michigan federal judge that a trade association for small pharmacies should not be allowed to intervene in a price-fixing lawsuit brought by the state's attorney general.

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