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Health - August, 2006

149 articles

• Appeals Court Rules Invisalign Patents Invalid
• Nursing Unions Challenge Hospital Deal
• FDA Warns On Online Drugs After Fakes Found
• Cerus Settles Class Action, Derivative Lawsuits
• Pioneer Defeats Orthopedic Giant In Patent Case
• Judge Rejects $50M Award In Vioxx Case
• Judge Endorses Saint Vincent's Deal With Labor Groups
• Airline, Health Care Lawsuits Fuel Class Action Surge
• Johnson & Johnson Wins Medical Device Antitrust Suit
• Pfizer Gets Setback In Lipitor Patent Battle
• FDA May Outlaw Over-The-Counter Skin Bleach Products
• Schering-Plough Pays Government $435M
• Consumer Activists Press For Stronger Cipro Warning
• Claimants Push Court To Lift Saint Vincent's Stay
• Purdue Fends Off Generic OxyContin Competition
• Innogenetics Optimistic On HCV Patent Trial
• Universal Health Settles Katrina Insurance Suit
• FDA Rejects EPIX Appeal To Avoid New Trials
• After Court Loss, Biotech Company Removes Enzyme
• Scrushy Must Repay $48M In Bonuses
• FDA Seizes Infusion Pumps Amid Safety Fears
• California Lawmakers Forge Discount Drug Deal
• FDA Slammed For Silence On ADHD Warning Labels
• EEOC Sues Tenet Over Discrimination
• Court Suspends Lawyers After $200M Fen-Phen Case
• Science Companies To Divest After FTC Request
• FDA OKs Over-The-Counter "Morning After" Pill
• Biovail Takes Aim At FDA Over Generic Wellbutrin
• Gateway Capital Offers To Fund SeraCare's Ch. 11 Exit
• Sedgwick Lures Three Healthcare Lawyers From K&R
• FTC Accuses Doctors Of Price-Fixing
• Lawsuit Filed Over Hemophilia Drug
• Group Raises Safety Concerns Over Hormone Treatment
• Ausam Secures 90 More Days To File Chapter 11 Plan
• Drug Cos. Put Off Planning For Generic Competition
• Wyeth Premarin Trial Kicks Off
• California Discount Drug Deal Draws Ire
• FDA Looks To Modernize Drug Registration System
• Eight Charged In $70M Black-Market Drug Scam
• J&J Unit Asserts Bladder Drug Patent Again
• Shareholders Seek End To SeraCare Chapter 11 Control
• Speed Up Drug Seizure Probe, Senator Demands
• Pfizer Asks Judge To Reconsider Vote Dilution
• Bush Lauds Tougher Access To "Morning After" Pill
• University Sues To Wrest Control Of Hospital From Tenet
• DOJ Eyes Tenet Healthcare Hospital Contract
• Bradley Pharmaceutical Director Steps Down
• Hospitals To Pay $151M For Excess Medicaid Payments
• Federal Circuit Overturns Jury Verdict Against ACell
• First Trial Over Prempro Begins For Wyeth
• Nursing Home Chain Pays $20M To Avoid Court
• No End In Sight In Plavix Battle
• Gloves Come Off In Plavix Battle
• Barr Back In The Ring Over Plan B
• DexCom Scores Stay, Partial Dismissal In Abbott Suit
• Investment Firms Offer Loan Deal To SeraCare
• In Gleevec Feud, Novartis Targets Indian Patent Rules
• Jury Bats Down Synthon's Claim Against Pfizer
• Trial Slated For Monday In Wyeth Hormone Drug Case
• Ranbaxy Bids For Second Look In Lipitor Feud
• Par Pharmecuticals Stung By Another Suit
• Vioxx User Wins $51 Million Award In Court
• State Legislators Rally Around Medical Data Technology
• Omnicare Exec Charged With Medicaid Fraud
• Doctors Sue Medicaid Firms Over Delayed Payments
• Bristol-Myers, Sanofi Try To Cope With Generic Plavix
• FDA Warns Teleflex Over Device Quality Failures
• Bayer Seeks To Block St. Vincent Rejection of Leases
• In HIV/AIDS Fight, Tough Choices Loom For Thailand
• Abbott Slashes HIV Drug Price For Developing Nations
• Watchdog Urges Reform Of Health Care Litigation
• FTC Extends Antitrust Review Of Barr Acquisition
• FDA Drug Directory Dangerously Incomplete: Report
• Shire, Barr Resolve Suits Over Generic Adderall
• ZymoGenetics Punches Bristol-Myers With Suit
• Supreme Court Offers Roadmap For Health Plans
• SEC Probes Payments To Ex-Natural Health Directors
• Novartis Challenges Gleevec Patent Block In India
• Orthopedic Cos. Face Antitrust Class Actions
• Merck And Teva May Forgo Trial Over Actonel
• Sanofi, Bristol-Myers Fire Back In Plavix Feud
• Stock Price Dip Leads To Class Actions Against Centene
• Kaiser Pays $5M In Transplant Program Probe
• Solvay Sues Canada Co. Over ANDA For Generic Aceon
• Digene To Pay $3.5M Over 13 Months In License Pact
• Postal Worker Pleads Guilty To Insider-Trading Scheme
• Pfizer Settlement Torpedoes Quigley Reorganization Plan
• The 'Catalona' Decision And The Ownership Of Biological Samples And Clinical Data
• French Tax Raises Money For Drugs—And IP Concerns
• Controversial Bill Divides AIDS Organizations
• Glaxo Forks Over $70M in Drug-Pricing Fraud
• SEC Targets Endocare Execs
• Foley & Lardner Scores New Partner
• Heart-Device Lawsuits Skyrocket For Boston Scientific
• UnitedHealth Triggers More Worry With Filing Delay
• The Future Of Pay-Or-Play Laws
• FDA Warns Companies Over Unapproved Drugs
• Sanofi Sues To Protect Lovenox
• Medicare Agency Cracks Down On Specialty Hospitals
• Encore Merger Gets Antitrust Clearance From FTC
• Sleep Diagnostic Companies Sue UnitedHealthcare
• Equity Committee Objects OCA DIP Loan Extension
• FTC Moves To Stop U.S. Mammogram Monopoly
• American Airlines Sued Over Denied Medical Coverage
• Patent Suits Entangle Clinical Trial Tech. Industry
• Baker & Daniels Nabs Two Biotech Lawyers
• Sutter Health To Settle Price-Gouging Claims
• Apotex Launches At-Risk Generic Plavix
• Altana And Wyeth Strike Again Over Protonix
• Barr Moves To Get Plan B To The Market
• J&J Unit Under Scrutiny For Alleged Off-Label Marketing
• Medtronic, Others Fall Under Antitrust Scrutiny
• Pharma Exec To Pay $20M Over Illegal Bonus
• Governors Push FDA For Guidance On Biotech Generics
• Inventor Falsified Experiment, Federal Circuit Says
• Scrushy, Siegelman Say Verdict Should Be Tossed
• Protesters Target GSK Over HIV Drug Patent
• King Pharmaceuticals Reaches $38M Settlement
• Health Exec Eyes Generic Plavix On The Horizon
• Unsecured Creditors Contest World Health Bid
• Eisai Sues To Protect Popular Alzheimer's Treatment
• Claims Tossed In Suit Against Biotech Company
• KCI Wound-Healing Patent Not Infringed, Judge Rules
• Reactions Mixed To Latest Senate Patent Reform Bill
• Apotex Loses Battle With Daiichi Over Ear-Drop Patent
• Ausam Battles Keryx Over Share Losses
• Fifth Vioxx Victory Bodes Well For Merck
• Tyco's Patent Counterclaims Ordered Into New Case
• SeraCare Wins Another Extension Of Exclusive Period
• Amgen Gets Mixed Ruling In Patent Fight
• Medtronic Wins Patent Fight Over Sinus Surgery Tool
• Canada Takes Aim At Biovail Chair In Trading Probe
• Biovail Suffers One-Two Punch In Wellbutrin XL Feud
• Abbott And Teva Settle Fight Over Biaxin
• Court Hands Pfizer Mixed Results In Lipitor Battle
• Anti-Kickback Rules Changed To Allow Computer Donations
• Plavix Patent Litigation to Resume, Sanofi Exec Says
• Mylan's ANDA Raises Sankyo's Blood Pressure
• Novo Nordisk Sues Pfizer Over Insulin Patent
• Drug Cos. Hit With Plavix Antitrust Class Action
• Whistleblower Challenges $40M Medtronic Settlement
• Second Federal Trial Over Vioxx Begins
• A General Counsel's Guide To Avoiding The Healthcare Antitrust Minefield
• SEC Puts Impath Fraud To Rest With $2M Settlement
• U.S. Surgeon General Exits With Little Fanfare
• Van der Moolen Trader Acquitted Of Front-Running
• New Report Casts Doubt On PhRMA Study
• Judge OKs Aphton Sale Of Cancer Drug
• Warner Chilcott Sues To Protect Contraceptive Drug