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Latest News in Life Sciences
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December 03, 2025
USPTO Gets Earful On Plan To Restrict Patent Reviews
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's proposed new rules to limit America Invents Act patent reviews have generated scores of forceful comments, with supporters saying the proposal will curb redundant challenges and opponents arguing it would bar legitimate reviews and exceed the office's power.
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December 03, 2025
Pharmacies Want Opioid Mistrial As Deliberations Stretch On
The nation's three major pharmacy chains asked a Florida state judge Wednesday to declare a mistrial following 11 days of deliberations in a $1.5 billion case by hospitals over opioid dispensing, claiming jurors seem unaware that they are allowed to report a deadlock.
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December 03, 2025
Pharma Co. Exec Faces $125K SEC Judgment In Fraud Case
A New York federal judge on Wednesday approved a $125,000 civil penalty against the former chief science officer of BioZone Pharmaceuticals Inc. for his alleged involvement in a purported pump-and-dump scheme involving the company's stock.
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December 03, 2025
NuVasive Urges Del. Justices To Revive Officer Conflict Suit
A Delaware vice chancellor applied the wrong standards in tossing a suit alleging a former officer of spine surgery tech venture NuVasive Inc. ran an insider scheme to lure surgeons to a competitor while planning his own jump, an attorney for NuVasive told a Delaware Supreme Court panel on Wednesday.
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December 03, 2025
Kevin O'Leary, Company Execs Fight Patent Forgery Suit
A livestock technology company and several of its executives and investors, including Kevin O'Leary of "Shark Tank," have asked a Colorado federal judge to throw out the lawsuit against them by the company's founder, who claims the defendants stole her company and intellectual property.
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