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Latest News in Life Sciences
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June 02, 2023
8th Circ. Won't Revive Heart Valve Contract Dispute
The Eighth Circuit has backed a lower court's decision to toss a contract breach suit against medical device manufacturer LivaNova over the development of a heart valve therapy, arguing that the device maker was not obligated to keep the project going after LivaNova took ownership of the project in a 2017 acquisition.
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June 02, 2023
Judge Calls Apple's Conduct In Smartwatch Row 'Careless'
A federal judge in California on Friday ripped Apple's failure to preserve emails from a former top executive in its health division as "irresponsible and careless, and perhaps even grossly negligent," a day after a Silicon Valley medical device startup tried to draw the attention of a federal appeals court to alleged misconduct at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
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June 02, 2023
Premera Joins Takeda Antitrust Litigation Over IBS Drug
Premera Blue Cross on Friday joined litigation accusing Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. of breaking antitrust law by cutting a pay-for-delay deal to keep generic versions of its anti-constipation drug Amitiza off the market for over six years.
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June 02, 2023
BioMarin Hit With Del. Derivative Suit Over Missed Deadline
A BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. stockholder on Friday launched a derivative suit in Delaware's Court of Chancery, seeking a company recovery for damages caused by alleged director failures to act promptly on threats that BioMarin would miss a key regulatory deadline for a valuable new hemophilia drug prospect.
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June 02, 2023
Care One Fired Sales Rep For Compliance Concerns, Suit Says
An ex-Care One Management sales employee has sued the hospice provider and its pharmacy partner in New Jersey state court, claiming she was passed over for a promotion to an executive role and fired for reporting allegations that the companies were violating mail order licensing regulations.

Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- U.S. International Trade Commission
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Affordable Care Act
- Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
- Antitrust and consumer protection controls
- Drug and medical device lobbying
- State and international life sciences legislation and regulation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Drug and medical device recalls
- Drug safety actions
- Pay-for-delay investigations
- Merger reviews
- LITIGATION
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- Abbreviated New Drug Application litigation
- Section 301 cases
- Product safety suits over drugs and medical devices, including off-label marketing and failure-to-warn claims
- Consumer litigation and class actions
- Fraud and compliance suits
- Antitrust disputes
- Labor and employment suits
- Shareholder and corporate governance disputes
- Bankruptcy proceedings
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
- Share buybacks and stock splits
- Private equity deals
- Patent-licensing agreements
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of life sciences practice groups
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- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
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