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Life Sciences
Life Sciences Law360 provides breaking legal news and analysis on the pharmaceutical and medical device industry. Coverage includes high-stakes litigation and policy developments that affect life sciences companies, as well as licensing deals, mergers, and other corporate transactions.
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Latest News in Life Sciences
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October 22, 2018
Landmark Roundup Verdict Survives, But Cut Down By $211M
A California judge on Monday slashed roughly $211 million from the $289 million jury verdict won by a groundskeeper who alleged that Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller caused his lymphoma, ruling that the jury’s punitive damages award must be limited to protect the agrochemical giant’s due process rights.
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October 22, 2018
Fed. Circ. Rejects Bid For PTAB Tribal Immunity Rehearing
The full Federal Circuit on Monday said it won't reconsider a panel’s ruling that tribes can face Patent Trial and Appeal Board scrutiny, likely paving the way for one of the court’s closest-watched cases to head to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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October 22, 2018
Medical Co. Inks $5.25M Deal To End FCA Accusations
A Kentucky-based medical equipment company will pony up more than $5.25 million to end accusations that it made false statements about the contents of its compounded medical creams, the federal government announced on Monday.
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October 22, 2018
Labs Say UnitedHealth Can't Sue On State Fraud Claims
A group of medical testing labs urged a Texas federal judge Friday to toss a $44 million suit brought by UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co., saying payments made by the insurer weren't fraudulent and were federally mandated through the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
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October 22, 2018
Desmarais Adds Ex-Sidley Pair As Life Science Partners
Desmarais LLP has added as partners in its life sciences practice a pair of experienced attorneys from Sidley Austin with a specialty in representing pharmaceutical patent holders in Hatch-Waxman Act cases, the firm has announced.
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
- Patent disputes, including
- 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
Readership
- Life sciences lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the drug, biotechnology, and medical device industries
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals