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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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March 06, 2026
Atty. Should've Checked Docket, Says Philips CPAP Judge
An attorney and his client have no one but themselves to blame for the permanent end to a product liability lawsuit over a recalled Philips sleep breathing machine, a Pennsylvania federal judge said on Friday, saying it was on them to monitor the docket.
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March 06, 2026
ExThera Exec Hid Patient Deaths To Save $10M Deal, DOJ Says
Medical device company ExThera concealed the deaths of two U.S. patients treated with their unapproved blood filtration device at a clinic in Antigua, according to federal prosecutors, with the company agreeing to forfeit nearly $5.7 million and one executive facing up to three years in prison.
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March 06, 2026
FDA Vaccine Chief Prasad To Exit Agency For 2nd Time
Dr. Vinay Prasad, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's top vaccine regulator, will leave the agency in the coming weeks, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said Friday.
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March 06, 2026
Drugmaker Nektar Faces Suit Over Hair Loss Drug Trial Claims
Pharmaceutical company Nektar Therapeutics on Friday was hit with a proposed class action accusing it of harming investors by failing to disclose the risks associated with its failure to follow protocol for enrolling participants in an unsuccessful trial for its hair loss treatment.
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March 06, 2026
Actelion Pays $65M To Settle Tracleer Antitrust Class Suit
Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. agreed to pay $65 million to resolve antitrust claims from a certified class accusing it of illegally denying generics companies the samples they need to produce generic versions of its hypertension drug Tracleer, according to a brief in Maryland federal court seeking preliminary approval of the settlement.
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