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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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June 21, 2021
Arthrex Ruling Leaves Attys Eyeing USPTO For Guidance
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling Monday giving the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director the right to review Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions will require vital guidance from the agency on the front end, even if attorneys say it won't ultimately lead to a dramatic change in proceedings.
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June 21, 2021
CVS Didn't Need To Report Drug Discounts To PBM, Jury Told
A former OptumRx executive testified Monday during a California federal jury trial over class overcharge claims against CVS Pharmacy Inc. that the pharmacy benefit manager's contract with CVS didn't require CVS to report discounted drugs prices under its Health Savings Pass program, which customers allege led to higher insurance copays.
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June 21, 2021
Ga. Supplement Seller Admits To Selling Unapproved Steroids
A Georgia-based dietary supplement company and its owner have pled guilty in Virginia federal court to a felony charge for distributing anabolic steroids and steroid-like drugs without U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval.
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June 21, 2021
New Arthrex Powers Put Spotlight On USPTO Director Search
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday theoretically gave the next director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office expansive new power to determine the validity of patents, but practical and political considerations will likely limit the eventual nominee's ability to wield it, attorneys say.
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June 21, 2021
Crowell & Moring Can't Nix Walgreens' Malpractice Suit
A D.C. judge has declined to throw out Walgreens' suit accusing Crowell & Moring LLP of breach of fiduciary duty, finding that the pharmacy has adequately alleged that the firm represented Humana in litigation against it after advising Walgreens on the same drug membership program.
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