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  • July 07, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Won't Revive Dental Patent Claims In Align Feud

    The Federal Circuit on Tuesday said it won't bring back claims in a pair of dental arch image analysis patents their owner accused Invisalign maker Align Technology Inc. of infringing, backing a lower court's finding that they were invalid.

  • July 06, 2026

    CVS To Pay $36.5M To Settle States' Insulin FCA Suits

    CVS has agreed to shell out $36.5 million to put to rest a handful of False Claims Act suits from states and the federal government, which allege the pharmacy chain submitted fraudulent Medicaid claims after giving patients more insulin than they were prescribed and lying about refill timelines.

  • July 06, 2026

    3 Firms Guide Vertex's $10B Buy Of Crinetics Pharmaceuticals

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP is advising Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. in its $10 billion acquisition of Crinetics Pharmaceuticals Inc., which is being represented by both Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP and Morrison Foerster LLP, according to an announcement made Monday.

  • July 06, 2026

    5,000 Pharmacies Accuse Prime Therapeutics Of Price-Fixing

    Nearly 5,000 pharmacies accuse Prime Therapeutics LLC of entering into an unlawful price-fixing agreement with rival pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts Inc. to deflate pharmacies' reimbursement rates and inflate their fees, according to a new lawsuit filed in Seattle federal court.

  • July 06, 2026

    Medtronic Denied Bid To Nix $382M Antitrust Loss

    A California federal court has denied Medtronic Inc.'s attempt to ditch a roughly $382 million trial loss in an antitrust case accusing the company of maintaining its monopoly over a surgical device through contracts that a jury found blocked competition.

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