Health Archive » March, 2009

Health - March, 2009

214 articles

• LensCrafters Settles $20M Indemnification Battle
• $185M Damage Award To Bard Not 'Monstrous': Judge
• Caraco Recalls Digoxin Over Irregular Dosage Fears
• Watson Scores Win In J&J Patent Spat Over Concerta
• FDA Wants Unapproved Painkillers Taken Off Shelves
• 5th Circ. Lets Lilly Off Hook In Zyprexa Suicide
• Golden Hour EMS Patent Unenforceable: Judge
• Bayer Wants More Fraud Claims Nixed In Trasylol MDL
• AstraZeneca Sales Reps Exempt From OT: Judge
• Cordis, Boston Sci. Infringed Stents: Fed. Circ.
• Life Technologies, GE Settle DNA Kit Suit
• Securities Suit V. Axonyx Over Alzheimer's Drug Nixed
• Schering Sales Reps Not Exempt Under FLSA: Judge
• No Stay Of SF Employer Health Care Law: High Court
• Claim Deficiencies Doom Shareholders Suit V. Ramp
• CORRECTED: 11th Circ. Sides With Feds In Endotec Device Suit
• Are 'Reverse Payments' Becoming More Reasonable?
• GE Told To Pay $11.4M In False Advertising Case
• J&J Units Resolve Spat Over Razadyne-ER Patent
• Medtronic Recalls Brain Catheters Over Malfunctions
• DOJ Probing Par Over Megace Off-Label Marketing
• PTO Rules For Smith & Nephew In Suture Patent Fight
• Emageon Gives More Info On $39M Deal To Settle Suit
• Merck, Gnosis Settle Vitamin False Marketing Case
• Law Preempts State Vaccine Liability Claims: 3rd Circ.
• Shure's Patent Misuse Claims Nixed In Earphone Case
• Execs Get Decades For National Century Fraud
• Mich. House Votes To Repeal Drugmaker Immunity
• Senate Biologics Bill Draws Industry Ire
• Doctors Told To Pay State Farm $15M In Fraud Case
• Biolitec AG Escapes AMS Laser Patent Suit
• Scams, Pay-For-Delay In FTC's Crosshairs This Year
• FTC Seeks More Info On Thoratec, HeartWare Merger
• BMS To Pay $2.1M To Settle FTC's Plavix Claims
• Medco Unit Poached Rival's Customers: Suit
• Vista, Others Drop Claims In Neurontin Case V. Pfizer
• Investor Asks To Replead Medtronic Securities Suit
• Ex-HealthSouth CEO, Former Gov. Seek Rehearing
• Revival Of USPTO Rules Spurs Call For Appeal
• AMA Implicates Wellpoint In Price-Fixing Plot
• House Bill Would Ban Reverse Payment Settlements
• Blue Cross Settlement With NJ Docs To Get 2nd Look
• Lilly Loses Round Over Depositions In Zyprexa MDL
• Ernst & Young To Pay $109M Over HealthSouth Fraud
• Hospital Can't Dodge Wage-Fixing Class Action: Judge
• Amex Assurance Settles Radiologist's RICO Suit
• Lilly Can't Depose Mont. Docs In Zyprexa Suit: Judge
• Medtronic Wins Stay In Abbott Stent Patent Suit
• Synthes Bone Plate Suit Stayed For Patent Re-Exam
• AIG Unit Told To Pay HLTH $1M In Coverage Suit
• Sens. Make Plea For Compromise On Patent Reform
• Lannett, KV Bury Hatchet Over Vitamin Patents
• Generics Behaving Badly: Carve Outs, Off-Label Uses
• $14M Settlement Reached In Dura Securities Suit
• IP Partners Leave Lahive For McCarter & English
• Merck Loses JMOL Bid In ERISA Suit Over Vioxx Errors
• Teva Infringes Patents For Antibiotic Cubicin: Suit
• Wyeth Loses Bid To Extend Exclusivity For Cydectin
• Colo. Holds Off On Sex-Rating Ban For Health Insurers
• 4th Circ. Squashes Termite Killer Price-Fixing Suit
• CVT Shareholders Sue To Stop $1.4B Biotech Merger
• Watson Recalls Irregular Heartbeat Drug
• High Court Won't Hear Apotex's Risperdal Appeal
• Sepracor Sues Generics Makers Over Lunesta Patents
• Most Of ERISA Securities Case V. Pfizer Moves Ahead
• Court Won't Vacate Preemption Ruling In Redux Suit
• Hospital Challenges Wash. Elective Angioplasty Rules
• Organon Denied Ex Parte Contact In NuvaRing MDL
• AMS Prostate Laser Not Infringed By Biolitec: Court
• J&J Unit Revises Label For Evra Patch In Canada
• CORRECTED: Boston Scientific, Radiologist Settle Stent Patent Suit
• Tafas V. Doll — Round II: 1 Down, 3 To Go
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Wriggles Out Of ERISA Suit
• Calif. Claims Quest, Others Defrauded State Of Millions
• Fed. Circ. Sides With USPTO In Tafas Case
• BD Nova Wins $5.9M In Fees In Abbott Patent Case
• DC's Pharmacy Benefits Disclosure Law Struck Down
• OSI Sues Teva, Mylan Over Cancer Drug Patents
• Bodee Yanks Zencore Over Blood Pressure Worries
• FTC Declines To Challenge Reverse Payment Deal
• Judge Keeps Most Of Ariz. Nurses' Cartel Suit
• Rival Biologics Bills May Determine No. Of Patent Suits
• Stryker, Zimmer Get Kickback Suit Dismissed
• Health Care ITPP, Red Flags Rules Compliance
• Mich. Legislators Fight To Nix Drugmakers' Immunity
• 8th Circ. Shuts Down Qui Tam Suit V. Hypoguard
• Biologics Concerns Shift From IP To Bioterrorism
• Finnegan Didn't Commit Legal Malpractice: Court
• Medtronic Gets OK To Seek Review Of Stent IP Ruling
• K&L Gates Snags Synthon VP, General Counsel
• Plaintiffs In Human Tissue MDL Cannot Replead: Court
• China Tests J&J Baby Products In Carcinogen Scare
• Teva, Medicis Strike Deal On Acne Drug Solodyn
• Warner Chilcott Sues Impax Again In Doryx IP Spat
• As 1 Roche Investor Suit Ends, Another Moves Ahead
• Most Of Denture Cream Suit Against GSK Tossed
• Baker Donelson Launches Drug And Device Group
• Pfizer In Divestiture Talks Over $68B Wyeth Merger
• GSK Not Liable For La. Paxil Suicide: 5th Circ.
• NJ Judge Rebuffs Out-Of-Pocket Vioxx Class
• Rival Biologics Bill Introduced In House
• Health Care Nanoscience: Regulation By Litigation
• Isolagen To Hand Shareholders $5.25M
• ARRA And Health Information Technology
• Judge Pares Class In Overcharge Suit V. BlueShield
• Dura To Williams: Loss Causation Threshold
• Genzyme Hits Impax With IP Suit Over Renagel ANDA
• Generics, Not Reglan Cos., Had Duty To Warn: Judge
• Wellbutrin Antitrust Suit To Proceed On Most Claims
• AWP Judge Denies Bulk Of Abbott Subpoena For Docs
• Malpractice Insurer Drops $10M Reinsurance Battle
• Welch Allyn Pulls Defibrillators Over Low Shock Issues
• Vertex Pharma Acquires ViroChem For $395M
• Boston Scientific Stole Stent Designs: Suit
• Conscience Rule Backers Face Tough Road In Court
• Court Won't Lift Stay In Hearing Aid Patent Case
• Drug Cos. Hid SSRI Risks, Paid Docs Kickbacks: Suit
• Single European Patent Would Spur Growth: EU
• Emageon Faces Shareholder Suit Over $39M Merger
• New Post-Wyeth Proposed Claims Filed V. Medtronic
• Shire Sues Barr Over Kidney Drug ANDA
• Danish Drugmaker Hit With IP Suit Over Cancer Test
• Amerisource Must Pay Fees In Merger Suit: Court
• Re-Exam Delays Cause Trouble For Patent Owners
• Steris Settles Class Action Over Reneged Benefits
• MedQuist, SEC Settle; Execs Still On Hook For Fraud
• GSK Could Face Punitive Damages Over Paxil Case
• KV Sued Over Layoffs Following Production Freeze
• $46.8B Roche, Genentech Deal Ends Shareholder Suit
• Electrode Co. Tweaks Claims In Antitrust Suit
• Signet Bid For Sanctions Fails In Lens Patent Feud
• Stiefel Sues Cobrek, Perrigo Over Generic Acne Drug
• Schering-Plough To Settle Securities Suit For $165M
• Healthways, US Settle Kickback Case For $40M
• Fed. Circ. Upholds $5M Patent Judgment For Alaris
• Bug In Cardinal Drug Pump Could Trigger Wrong Doses
• Boston Scientific, J&J Unit End Aneurysm Patent Spat
• Breast Implant Case Preempted By Riegel: Judge
• Mylan Denied Summary Judgment In Antitrust Case
• NJ Appeals Court Nixes $2.6M Ruling Against Roche
• Everett Bests Breckenridge Vitamin Patent Challenge
• Oxycodone Method Obvious: Fed Circ.
• Bill Aims To Create Approval Process For Biosimilars
• Plaintiff Asks To Unseal Seroquel Materials For FDA
• Ex-Exec Admits Faking Cancer To Duck SEC
• Novartis Unit Settles Shareholder Action For $30M
• Seroquel MDL Judge Upholds Ban On Foreign Evidence
• Life Tech Targets Oxford's $173M Royalty Claim
• Amgen Settles Ky. Medicaid Fraud Suit For $2.4M
• Grand Jury Probes Stryker Over Device Marketing
• Obama Picks Public Health Expert To Head FDA
• Covidien Tracheostomy Tube Recall Listed As Class I
• Senate Dems Pass $410B Spending Bill
• Teva Hit With TRO Amid Lilly Evista Feud
• Sepracor Makes Peace With Barr Over Xopenex
• Investor Class Approved In Suit V. Boston Scientific
• Judge Tosses Medtronic Securities Class Action
• Wyeth Loses Bid To Drop Copyright Suit Over Ads
• Genzyme Warned Over Procedures At Drug Plant
• Medtronic Plaintiffs Can Revise Pleadings Post-Wyeth
• Flonase Antitrust Plaintiffs Can Revise Class Bid
• Dr. Reddy's Generic Doesn't Infringe Prilosec: Judge
• 3 Steps Toward Improving Document Review
• Watson To Pay Elan $18M To Settle Naprelan IP Suit
• Obama Overturns Stem Cell Research Ban
• Schering Merger Includes Legal Headaches For Merck
• NY Hospital, Nurses Settle Antitrust Suit For $1.25M
• High Court Remands Cases In Light Of Wyeth
• Fed. Circ. To Go En Banc For Method Claims Question
• Consequences Of Banning Reverse Payments
• SF Employer-Funded Health Care Appeal Nixed
• Texas Doctor Off Hook In $14M Liability Award
• Medtronic MDL Judge Refuses Recusal
• FDA Reprimands Gilead Over Letairis Statements
• Preemption Motion Withdrawn In NuvaRing MDL
• High Court Won't Hear Apotex Appeal Over Prilosec
• Merck, Schering Merger Puts Pressure On Regulators
• Tobacco Cos. Win Dismissal Of Medicare Tax Spat
• Genzyme Sues Lupin Over Generic Renagel
• Plaintiffs Push To Alter Class Motions In Flonase MDL
• HealthSouth CEO, Gov. Get Little Relief In 11th Circ.
• UnitedHealth Wants Insurers To Foot $400M Bill
• Cornell Med School Settles NIH Fraud Suit For $2.6M
• Fed. Circ. Rulings Shake Up IP Landscape
• J&J Seeks To Halt Bausch & Lomb 'Raid On Talent'
• Preemption After Levine: A Practical Guide
• Patent Act's Damages Measure Sparks Debate
• NY AG Strikes Deals With 2 More Insurers
• Pediatrix Settles SEC Backdating Claims
• Applera Wins Final Judgment In Enzo Patent Fight
• Dems Push To Undo Riegel After Wyeth Ruling
• The Audacity Of Patent Reform
• 4th Circ. Affirms Verdict Against Pfizer In FMLA Case
• DOJ Eyes Medtronic Cardiac Ablation Marketing
• Novartis, Wyeth Unit Spar Over ReFacto Patent
• Judge Rejects Sanctions For WVa In Zyprexa MDL
• McCain Touts Drug Imports To Lower US Costs
• Impact Of Wyeth Decision To Be Broad, Immediate
• Lannett, Albion Spar Over Generic Vitamins
• Whistleblowing DVI Lawyer Wins SOX Case
• High Court Rejects Preemption In Wyeth
• Amicus Brief Asks High Court To Ease Bilski Test
• Attys Seek $37.5M Of $125M Drug Prices MDL Deal
• Judge Greenlights OCA Shareholders' $6.5M Deal
• GSK Offers $28M To Settle Suits Over Defective Paxil
• Judge Threatens To Sanction Firm In Prempro MDL
• Merck Sues Sandoz Over Plan For Generic Emend
• Docs Show AstraZeneca Knew Of Seroquel Risks
• Smithfield Drops Claims In Neurontin Class Action
• Geithner Defends Budget Before Senate
• Ex-National Century Exec Sentenced To 2 Years
• J&J Fined $4.5M Over False Drug Promotions
• Obama Picks Kan. Gov. Sebelius To Head HHS
• KV Enjoined From Making, Shipping Unapproved Drugs