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Health - February, 2009

142 articles

• Investors, NPS Pharma Strike $15M Deal In Preos Suit
• Amgen, Wyeth To Fight Suit Over Aranesp, Enbrel
• Stryker Tries To Quash Antitrust Class Actions
• Regulatory Oversight In Health Care
• Aurobindo USA Can't Get Out Of Crestor MDL: Judge
• Judge Nixes Expired Product Suit Against Rite Aid
• FDA Requires Black Box Warning For GI Drug
• Novo Seeks To Halt Caraco Launch Of Generic Prandin
• Obama Touts Generic Biologics To Lower Drug Costs
• AstraZeneca To Make Seroquel Label Changes
• Obama's 2010 Budget Seeks $1B For Food Safety
• Abbott Lied About Rival's Infant Formula: Suit
• AntiCancer Takes New Shot At Rival Over Patents
• No New Trial For Applied In Covidien IP Spat: Court
• US Unseals FCA Suit Over Lexapro, Celexa
• Teva Loses Bid To Toss Novartis Claims Over Famvir
• Tainted Syringes Spark International Manhunt
• Judge Strikes J&J Invalidity Contentions In Stent Suit
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Stay Extension In Evista Dispute
• MedImmune Keeps Up Fight Against Generic Ethyol
• Diagnosing Section 1 Violations
• FDA Says Ranbaxy Falsified Data From India Plant
• The Scope Of Fraud In Multiclass Registrations
• Final Plaintiff In Ephedra MDL Still Holding On
• KV Targets Citigroup Over $72M In Illiquid ARS
• Eye Surgery Antitrust Suit Against Alcon Dismissed
• Ala. Jury Hits Sandoz For $78M In Medicaid Fraud Suit
• 1st Circ. Refuses To Rehear Dispute Over Visudyne
• Judge Rejects Interest For Lowey In Bayer Settlement
• Fentora Patent Suit Just A Delay Tactic: Barr
• Buyer Class Still Valid In Nifedipine Antitrust Suit
• Appropriations Bill Calls For $335M Increase To FDA
• Judge Keeps TriCor Competition Suit Alive
• High Court Refusal Lets Lexapro Patent Suit Continue
• House Tells USPTO To Up Efficiency, Not Spending
• What's Next For Physician-Owned Hospitals?
• Adverse Event Reporting To The IRB
• Allergan Patent For Zymar Not Valid: Apotex
• C&D, Abbott $29M Pregnancy Test Patent Suit Ended
• Epilepsy Drug Linked To Blood Disorder: FDA
• Cardinal Reaches Deal With FDA Over Drug Pumps
• Fed. Circ. Takes On Prior Claim Construction Issue
• Bid To Order Expert Reports Denied In NuvaRing MDL
• BMS Settles Container Patent Suit Against Abbott
• Judge Tosses Suit V. Funds Over Attorney Conduct
• Wyo. House OKs Health Insurance Bills
• Fed. Circ. Reopens Enzo DNA Detection Patent Case
• Ex-Stryker Sales Rep Pleads Guilty To Misbranding
• Deaths Prompt Warnings On Psoriasis Drug Raptiva
• Endo, Actavis Settle Spat Over Painkiller Patents
• Amphastar Antitrust Claims Nixed In Lovenox Suit
• Lawmakers Demand Information On Vytorin Trials
• Judge Tentatively Nixes Carl Zeiss Lens Patent Suit
• Generic Patent Challenges Up 19% In '08: Report
• DOJ Joins Qui Tam Suits Over Off-Label Natrecor Use
• Pfizer Unit May Have To Pay $153M In Fraud Case
• Ind. Court Nixes Ex-Shareholders' Claims V. Biomet
• Cuomo Makes Deals With Cigna, WellPoint In Probe
• 11 Fla. Cases Settled In Fen-Phen MDL V. Wyeth
• Meth Epidemic: Invitation To Social Engineering
• Medtronic Wins On Preemption In Wis. High Court
• Advanced Medical Optics Investor Sues Over Merger
• Ariad Faces Derivative Suit After Directors Cut Ties
• Wiley Rein Scores WilmerHale FDA Policy Guru
• Medtronic Counsel Returns To Oppenheimer Wolff
• Medtronic MDL Judge's Son Linked To Company
• Acacia Unit, Edwards Settle Catheter Patent Suit
• Baxter Wins Round In Dialysis Machine Patent Suit
• Spain Recalls Gardasil Batch After Illnesses
• AAI Protests Pfizer-Wyeth Merger
• 3rd-Party Payers In Guidant Case Seek Appeal
• Novartis, Par Settle Patent Suit Over Lotrel
• Health Net Agrees To $14M Deal In Rescission Suits
• Medical Cos.' Success With Riegel May Be Short-Lived
• UK Court Stuns IP World By Siding With Inventors
• Class Bid Denied In Billing Suit V. Diagnostics Co.
• Bristol-Myers, IBM Agree To $14M Superfund Cleanup
• 7th Circ. Upholds Evidence Limits In Effexor Suit
• Fed. Claims Court Finds No Vaccines-Autism Link
• Zicam Maker Targeted In IP Suit Over Cold Remedy
• Judge Accuses Stryker Of Warped Riegel Reading
• European Patent Office To Unveil New Fee Structure
• Judge OKs Fines In Meridian Holdings Case
• Judge OKs Partial Class Status In ERISA Suit V. Merck
• Fraud Claims Live Against Biovail Execs In SEC Case
• Anthem Settles Calif. Illegal Rescission Allegations
• Judge Decertifies Class In Off-Label Neurontin Suit
• Judge Slams Plaintiffs' Experts In Nixing Seroquel Suit
• AMA Hits Aetna, Cigna With Payment Fraud Suits
• Protein From Engineered Goats Wins FDA Approval
• The Problem With IMS Health V. Ayotte
• Life Sciences Practice: Reed Smith
• Federal Preemption Shifting, Not Dead: Experts
• Medtronic Stent Patent Claims Not Indefinite: Judge
• FDA Seeks Stronger Safeguards For Addictive Opioids
• Pfizer Commits To Physician Payment Disclosures
• 27 State AGs, Bayer Strike Deal Over Yaz Ads
• Leahy Discloses Plan To Reintroduce Patent Reform
• Berkshire Hathaway Cos. Hit With RICO Suit
• Obviousness Of Enantiomers After KSR
• PerkinElmer Sues To Nix Down Syndrome Test Patent
• Dismissed Medtronic MDL Could Get New Lease On Life
• SciCo Fights Boston Scientific Sanctions Bid In IP Suit
• Drug Co. Gets OK To Fight Damages In Seroquel MDL
• Anticipated Policy Shift For Stem Cell Research
• Alternative Electrodes' Antitrust Claims Kept Alive
• Masimo Sues Philips Over Patient Monitor Patents
• DOJ Snags Jenner & Block Litigator For ADAG Post
• K-Dur Reverse Payment Legal: Special Master
• Cordis Hit With $22M Verdict In Stent Patent Case
• Securities Suit Against Baxter Gets The Boot
• Reinsurer Off Hook In Hospital Malpractice Suit
• Prioritizing Patents For Stem Cell Inventions
• House Weighs Food Safety Bills As Fears Grow
• 3 Private Actions Fight AndroGel Reverse Payments
• KV Halts Prenatal, Iron Supplements In 4th Recall
• Abbott Denied Stay In Cordis Stent Spat
• Top Sens. Target Drug Cos.' Pay-For-Delay Deals
• Injunctions And Medical Devices
• Indevus, Endo Face Another Class Action Over Merger
• BSC Accuses SciCo Of Evidence Tampering
• Biovail Founder Fined $1M In SEC Fraud Suit
• BSC Told To Pay Interest On $19M Medtronic Award
• Judge Allows Prosthetic Sleeve Patent Suit To Go On
• Alcon Sues Apotex, Sandoz Over Eyedrops Patents
• EU To Post Comments On Drug Sector Antitrust Probe
• Zimmer Files Lawsuit Over Bone Screw Patent
• Mich. AG Appeals Dismissal Of Blue Cross Suit
• Credit Suisse Seeks Sanctions Against Lloyds
• The FTC Pursuit Of Supreme Court Strategy
• Regulating Off-Label Info On Drugs, Medical Devices
• The Significance Of Takeda V. Mylan
• Judge Keeps Alive Dey's Fight For Xopenex ANDA
• Genzyme Sued As Gene Therapy Pact Falls Apart
• Magistrate Presses Court To Keep Allstate Fraud Suit
• Sonnenschein Nabs Leader, Counsel For FDA Group
• KCI Vacuum Patents Valid, Uninfringed: Fed. Circ.
• Coughlin Stoia Attys Seek $18M In Celexa Deal Fees
• Restoring Science To Its Rightful Place In America
• Pfizer To Face Securities Fraud Suit Over Celebrex
• CVS Assistant Managers Sue For Overtime Pay
• FTC, Calif. Launch Reverse Payment Challenge