Health Archive » April, 2009

Health - April, 2009

167 articles

• Zyprexa MDL Class Wants Court To Name Doctors
• FDA Slaps Botox, Similar Toxins With MedWatch Alert
• Roche Unit Recalls Defective Insulin Pumps
• Roche Wins Safe Harbor For Mircera Tests — For Now
• How Healthy Is The Federal Preemption Defense?
• Warner Chilcott Targets 2 Over Prenatal Drug Patent
• Parts Of Tort Law Unconstitutional: Ark. High Court
• Suit By Patients, Zurich Over Actimmune Tossed
• Tadalafil In Erectile Dysfunction Pills Sparks Recall
• 3rd Circ. Remands Preemption Cases V. GSK, Pfizer
• Wis. Bill Would Limit Pre-Existing Condition Denials
• Novartis Loses Bid For Jury Trial In Famvir Patent Suit
• Medtronic Alloy Patent Suit Withstands AGA Assault
• Reducing Discovery Costs With Rule 502
• Calif. Court Revives Former Lincare Workers' OT Suit
• Facing Enforcement Of The False Statements Act
• FDA OKs Emergency Drug Uses As Swine Flu Spreads
• GSK, Firm Make Deal Over Subpoena In Flonase Fight
• Judge In KV Securities Case To Oversee ERISA Suits
• Dozens Of States Probe Abilify Marketing
• Infant Formula Maker Squirts Rival With Another Suit
• Providers Hit Merck With Suit Over Vioxx
• Bill Seeks More FDA Scrutiny Of Foreign Medical Cos.
• $45M Settlement Reached In Becton Hypodermic MDL
• Enzon Sues Shareholder For Trying To Oust CEO
• GSK May Exit Treximet Spat But Remain On Hook
• McNeil Not At Fault In Infant Tylenol Death: Court
• FDA Says OTC Pain Pill Labels Must Be Revised
• Pozen Sues Teva Over Migraine Drug ANDA
• Watson Pharmaceuticals Sued Over Mucinex ANDAs
• Pandemic Preparedness For Employers
• High Court Rejects Sanofi Inequitable Conduct Appeal
• Judge Won't Keep Lens Case V. USPTO Under Wraps
• Northgate Infringes Lexion Laparoscopy Patent: Judge
• Conn.'s Non-Medicaid Claims Cut From Zyprexa MDL
• Kimberly-Clark Sues Tyco Over Trachea Tube Patent
• CIBA, Rembrandt Settle Contact Lens Patent Suit
• Genzyme Sues Eagle Pharma Over Hectorol ANDA
• Galderma Drops MetroGel Patent Suit V. Tolmar
• Merck-Medco Dropped From Vioxx ERISA Litigation
• Pronova Targets Teva Over Lovaza ANDA
• $250M Settles TriCor Antitrust Class Suit V. Abbott
• High Court Asked To Hear Reverse Payments Case
• DOJ Targets Immucor In Reagents Antitrust Probe
• Arrow's Challenge To Cathether Patent Shot Down
• Sidley Austin Scores Ex-Congress Public Health Atty
• Teva Hit With Injunction In Evista Patent Suit V. Lilly
• Sepracor Sues Mylan Over Generic Lunesta Plans
• Pfizer, J&J Shareholders Vote On Say On Pay
• House Panel Balks At Changes To Patent Bill
• UC Regents DNA Patent Case V. Dako To Proceed
• Sanofi Whistleblower Suit Survives Bid To Dismiss
• Pittsburgh Hospital System, Insurer Price-Fixing: Suit
• Effects Of Physician Regulatory Actions On Insurance
• Rx.com's Group Boycott Suit Time-Barred: 5th Circ.
• Covidien Hits Bard With Surgical-Mesh Patent Suit
• Universal ABC Recalls Diet Pills Over Sibutramine
• Hansen Medical Wins $36M In Trade Secrets Case
• Retroactivity In The Medical Device Safety Act
• P&G, Roche Drop Actonel Patent Suit Against Sun
• Guidant Fights 3rd-Party Payors' Class Action Appeal
• $15M Settles Mo. Long-Term Care Insurance Action
• Par, Reliant Settle ANDA Suit Over Generic Rythmol
• Insurer Wins D&O Disclosure Suit V. Baptist Health
• U Of Neb. Sues Siemens Unit Over Lab Testing Patent
• Teva, Glenmark Resolve Spat Over Coreg Patents
• Biomet Targeted In DOJ's Bone Growth Device Probe
• Alston & Bird Nabs Greenberg IP Partner
• Eisai Bid To Affirm Validity Refused In Aricept Suit
• Schering To Appeal Outside Sales Issue In OT Suit
• Supreme Court Rejects Jailed Fen-Phen Atty's Appeal
• High Court Snubs Gilead's Loss Causation Appeal
• Trasylol Plaintiffs Fight Bayer For 'Privileged' Docs
• Chemplex Trade Secrets Withstand Rival's Appeal
• NIH Limits Stem Cell Funding To Fertility Clinics
• Eckert Grabs 12-Atty WolfBlock Office In Pa.
• Sepracor Claims Patent Priority Over Wyeth's Pristiq
• Pfizer Merger Hangs Wyeth Investors Out To Dry: Suit
• 3rd Merck Singulair Suit Stayed For Ruling In 1st Case
• Roadblocks To Establishing Personal Jurisdiction
• Par Files Declaratory Suit Over Diabetes Generic
• Citigroup Sold ARS After Market Collapsed: Suit
• Apotex Can't Launch Generic Pulmicort Yet: Judge
• Texas Court Revives Prempro Case V. Wyeth
• KV Faces Class Action Over Recalled Generic Toprol
• DOJ Subpoenas Smith & Nephew Over Exogen
• Liquidating AtheroGenics Sells Off All Its Assets
• $302M Settles DOJ Probe Into Shoddy Quest Test Kits
• New Regulations For Insurance Telemarketers
• Impax Securities Plaintiffs Seek To Finalize $9M Deal
• Medicis, Perrigo Settle Fight Over Dermatitis Drug
• Spoliation Hearing Granted In Lexapro Patent Suit
• 2 Firms Tapped To Lead Securities Case V. KV
• Bayer Agrees To Settle Some Contrast Dye Suits
• A New Code Of Conduct For Health Care Industry
• SEC, Ex-McKesson Exec Settle Insider Trading Case
• Pfizer Detrol Patent Still Enforceable: Judge
• Teleflex Balloon Pump Catheters In Class I Recall
• Roche Sues Mylan Over Generic Xeloda ANDA
• Daiichi Sues 11 Generics Cos. Over Levaquin Patents
• 3rd Circ. Backs Lilly In ERISA Reversal
• DOJ Shift On Pay-For-Delay Puts Focus On Courts
• Biotech Takes Smaller Share Of Securities Suits In '08
• Move For Interlocutory Appeal Denied In Reglan Case
• FDA Takes Step Toward Allowing ANDAs For Zometa
• Nationwide Off Hook For CPB Contract Spat: 3rd Circ.
• Coughlin Stoia, Others Seek $4.5M Of Drug Suit Deal
• Drug Sellers Move To Finalize $250M TriCor Settlement
• FDA Enjoins Pharmas From Selling Unapproved Drugs
• SOX Ruling Nixes Bias Suit V. Bristol-Myers: 3rd Circ.
• Royalty Rate Set In Boston, Cordis Stent Spat
• Wyeth Targets Zydus In New Effexor XR Patent Suit
• Ariad Patent Claims In Suit V. Eli Lilly Invalid: Court
• Pharma Mergers Could Stifle Drug Innovation: AAI
• St. John, Nurses Settle Wage Dispute For $13.5M
• FTC Loses Venue Fight In Reverse Payment Deal Suit
• French Antitrust Fines For Defibrillator Cos. Upheld
• Contractor Pleads Guilty In NYPH Bid-Rigging Scandal
• Final OK Sought For Settlement In Eating Disorder Suit
• Keeping The FDA Honest: Interpreting Label Claims
• Drugmakers' Google Links Draw Wrath Of FDA
• Deaths Prompt Genentech To Pull Psoriasis Drug
• FDA To Review Classification Of 25 Class III Devices
• Judge Mulls Vioxx Attys' Challenge To Fee Cap
• Bayer Gets Two More Baycol Plaintiffs Tossed
• Ex-White House Counsel Moves Back To Morgan Lewis
• Schering, Mylan Settle Generic Clarinex Patent Case
• AstraZeneca Tries To Halt Apotex Pulmicort Launch
• Securities Class Action V. Threshold Pared Down
• Watson Loses Bid To Toss Suit Over Fentora ANDA
• Lilly, Plaintiff Group Settle Zyprexa MDL Claims
• Allergan Sues Sandoz Over Glaucoma Drug ANDA
• Jury Orders Fen-Phen Attorneys To Disgorge $30M
• Epix To File For Bankruptcy If Restructuring Flops
• Judge Asked To Step Down In State Farm Fraud Suit
• Genzyme Sues Impax Labs Over ANDA For Renvela
• Damages Upped To $371M In Bard Stent Patent Suit
• Biologics Legislation In The 111th Congress
• Drug Co. Manager Pleads Guilty To Bextra Charges
• Biovail Fires Back At AstraZeneca In Seroquel IP Suit
• Judge Stays Sanofi Safety Needle Patent Suit
• Morgan Lewis Nabs 2 Litigators From Blank Rome
• Correction: BMS Exec Pleads Guilty Over Plavix Deal
• Boehringer Moves To Delay Sales Rep FLSA Trial
• FDA Eyes Heart Risks Of Proposed Lundbeck Drug
• Pfizer Gets 2nd Request For Info On $68B Wyeth Deal
• Fed Circ. Rejects Amgen Bid For DNA Patent
• Sperm Bank Subject To Strict Liability Claim: Judge
• Pfizer Buries Hatchet With Nigerian State
• Neurontin Class Action V. Pfizer Dismissed
• Jury Convicts Fen-Phen Lawyers In Fraud Case
• Shire Sues Natco Pharma Over ANDA For Fosrenol
• Medtronic, Acacia Unit Settle Over Catheter Patent
• Court Snuffs 'Silent PPO' Class Action V. Travelers
• Medtronic Judge Won't Reconsider Recusing Himself
• Bill Would Make Competition For Pharma Sales Reps
• Health Systems Face Meal Break Class Actions
• Senate Panel Pushes Through Patent Bill
• $1.5M Settles MedQuist Worker Class Action
• Sandoz, Ratiopharm Infringe Oxycontin Patents: Court
• Securities Suit V. America Service Group Stays Alive
• Secret Source Dooms Merger Suit V. Bioenvision
• Allstate Loses Bid To Toss Wyeth Coverage Spat
• Sun's Cardene ANDA Infringes EKR Patent: Judge
• Ballard Scores IP, Biotech Lawyer From MoFo
• Qiagen's HPV Test Patent Not Infringed: Fed. Circ.
• Both Parties' Motions Shot Down In Ethyol Patent Suit