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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 11, 2025
9th Circ. Doubts Kleenex Ad Fight Belongs In District Court
Two judges on a Ninth Circuit panel doubted Wednesday that they have jurisdictional authority to revive a putative class action alleging Kimberly-Clark Corp.'s Kleenex Wet Wipes Germ Removal products mislead consumers about its ability to kill germs, saying repeatedly that the consumers' complaint has not met their burden to establish jurisdiction.
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June 11, 2025
PTAB Issues Mixed Group Of Discretionary Denial Decisions
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has invoked its discretion to free Nike Inc. and Cleveland Medical Devices from having their patents scrutinized, but refused to do so for Vermeer Manufacturing Co.
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June 11, 2025
RFK Jr. Picks Vaccine Critics As Part Of CDC Panel Overhaul
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced Wednesday he appointed eight new members to a vaccine advisory panel, just two days after he removed 17 existing members of the panel, which provides advice and guidance on the use of vaccines to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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June 11, 2025
IP, Health Law Scholars Object To 23andMe Ch. 11 Data Sale
A number of university scholars urged a Missouri bankruptcy judge to require that DNA testing company 23andMe Holding Co.'s asset sale be contingent on the final buyer maintaining policies that benefit biomedical researchers.
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June 11, 2025
Fed. Circ. Backs PTAB Invalidation Of Agilent CRISPR Patents
The Federal Circuit on Wednesday affirmed Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions finding every claim invalid in two Agilent Technologies patents on the gene-editing tool CRISPR, sealing a win for Synthego Corp., which has been accused of infringing them.
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