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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

  • July 02, 2026

    Pharma CEO, Daughter To Pay $2M In SEC Stock Fraud Case

    The Texas-based CEO of a purported pharmaceutical company and his daughter will pay nearly $2 million to end the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's claims accusing them and several others of participating in a $92 million penny stock fraud scheme.

  • July 02, 2026

    Amgen, Sanofi Team Up To Urge En Banc Antibody IP Review

    Rival pharmaceutical companies that squared off at the U.S. Supreme Court over antibody patents have jointly asked the full Federal Circuit to review an unrelated panel decision reviving migraine drug antibody patents.

  • July 02, 2026

    DOJ Has 'Negligible Interest' In Trans Patient Info, Judge Says

    A California federal judge on Thursday blocked the U.S. Department of Justice from trying to identify individuals who received gender-affirming care from a Stanford Medicine hospital as minors, finding grand jury subpoena demands seeking that information likely violated the Fifth Amendment.

  • July 02, 2026

    Cox, Hikma Rulings Set Stage For Trademark Liability Fights

    After the U.S. Supreme Court narrowed paths to secondary liability in copyright and patent cases this term, trademark law stands apart with an older, potentially broader rule for when intermediaries can be held liable for another party's infringement.

  • July 02, 2026

    Insulet Investor Says Device Production Issues Tanked Stock

    Insulet Corp. artificially inflated the price of its shares by not disclosing to investors issues with its manufacturing procedures, leading the insulin-delivery device company to initiate medical device corrections and take a hit to its share price, according to a shareholder suit filed Thursday in Massachusetts federal court.

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Life Sciences

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  • Affordable Care Act
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  • Pay-for-delay investigations
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  • Abbreviated New Drug Application litigation
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  • Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
  • Share buybacks and stock splits
  • Private equity deals
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  • PROFILES
  • Personnel moves
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