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January 16, 2019
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP scored a Federal Circuit win for Vanda Pharmaceuticals that led to new patent guidance, successfully defended Fresenius' decision to cancel its $4.8 billion Akorn buy and kept a Genentech hemophilia treatment from being booted from the market, landing the firm among Law360's Life Sciences Groups of the Year.
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January 15, 2019
Latham & Watkins LLP was able to block Nevada from using Alvogen Inc.'s drug in a lethal injection, secured orphan drug exclusivity for Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc. after a large fight with the FDA and advised a key generic-drug industry merger, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Life Sciences Groups of the Year.
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January 14, 2019
King & Spalding LLP edged out a win in Delaware federal court in August when a judge ruled Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC's proposed generic version of firm client Galderma Laboratories LP's flagship rosacea drug Oracea infringes five of Galderma's patents, landing its life sciences team among Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 11, 2019
Law360 congratulates the winners of its 2018 Practice Group of the Year awards, which honor the law firms behind the litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry in the past year.
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January 11, 2019
Law360's top four Firms of the Year notched a combined 32 Practice Group of the Year awards after successfully securing wins in bet-the-company matters and closing high-profile, big-ticket deals for clients throughout 2018.
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February 01, 2018
Acclaimed merger and acquisition firm Sullivan & Cromwell LLP negotiated major transactions for Kite Pharma, INC Research and other biopharmaceutical companies in 2017, raising its life sciences team to the ranks of Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 31, 2018
King & Spalding turned a streak of courtroom loses on its head for Johnson & Johnson and prevailed in the regulatory arena in 2017, landing its life sciences team among Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 30, 2018
Williams & Connolly LLP got multiple courts to uphold patents protecting Eli Lilly's lung cancer drug Alimta, helped Alcon Laboratories escape a trade secrets case stemming from a partnership gone wrong and prevented the revival of a pay-for-delay class action against AstraZeneca, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Life Sciences Groups of the Year.
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January 29, 2018
Paul Hastings LLP convinced the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board to invalidate a major patent covering AbbVie's $16 billion biologic Humira and uphold four patents covering an Acorda Therapeutics Inc. multiple sclerosis drug, landing the firm a spot among Law360's 2017 Life Sciences Groups of the Year.
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January 26, 2018
Fish & Richardson PC led Coherus BioScience in invalidating three Humira patents, won GlaxoSmithKline $235 million in a post-market infringement challenge and scored $14 million in attorneys’ fees in the roller coaster aftermath of a $200 million infringement verdict, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2017 Life Sciences Groups of the Year.
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January 12, 2018
Law360’s Firms of the Year rose above the competition with a combined 24 Practice Group of the Year awards after helping their clients win game-changing judgments and close record-breaking deals in 2017. Here’s a closer look at how they landed at the top.
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January 12, 2018
Law360 congratulates the winners of its 2017 Practice Group of the Year awards, which honor the law firms behind the litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry in the past year.
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February 16, 2017
White & Case LLP’s global pharmaceuticals and health care group scored major victories defending clients in reverse payment and product-hopping cases, including a Third Circuit ruling that affirmed the dismissal of an antitrust suit over the acne medication Doryx, securing a place among Law360’s Life Sciences Groups of the Year.
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February 15, 2017
Mayer Brown LLP's life sciences team pulled off a string of courtroom victories in 2016 that included notable intellectual property decisions, while navigating big-budget transactions, settling tax controversies for top-level clients and landing on Law360’s list of Life Sciences Groups of the Year.
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February 14, 2017
King & Spalding LLP won the mid-trial dismissal of a suit claiming GlaxoSmithKline’s antidepressant Paxil causes birth defects, successfully challenged FDA guidance for R.J. Reynolds and led small biotech companies in major transactions, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360’s 2016 Groups of the Year.
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February 13, 2017
Goodwin Procter LLP’s life sciences team in 2016 continued to build its reputation as a top choice for high-profile pharmaceutical clients, particularly in licensing deals, mergers and acquisitions, and initial public offerings, earning a spot on Law360’s list of Life Sciences Groups of the Year.
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February 10, 2017
Whether it’s orchestrating billion-dollar transactions, winning contentious litigation or providing regulatory advice on cutting-edge technology, Covington & Burling LLP has long immersed itself in the life sciences industry, and its recent work has, for the sixth consecutive year, earned it a spot among Law360’s Life Sciences Groups of the Year.
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January 09, 2017
Law360's Firms of the Year rose above the competition in 2016 by earning a combined 20 Practice Group of the Year awards on the strength of work that helped their clients attain game-changing judgments and close record deals.
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January 09, 2017
Law360 congratulates the winners of its 2016 Practice Group of the Year awards, the law firms that racked up victories in litigation and closed the big deals to make their mark among clients and throughout the legal industry.
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January 08, 2016
Silicon Valley heavyweight Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati was at the forefront of one of the largest IPOs in the history of the life sciences industry last year, guiding cancer treatment developer NantKwest Inc. to a $207 million debut and placing the firm's life science practitioners squarely on Law360's Life Sciences Groups of the Year.
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January 07, 2016
Sidley Austin LLP continued to establish itself as a leader in the life sciences sector by adding several high-profile hires in China and the U.S. and helping clients to a series of major court victories, including for Bayer Corp. in its win over federal regulators, making it one of Law360’s Life Sciences Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 06, 2016
Irell & Manella LLP's series of victories largely in the world of life sciences patent law, including a closely watched win for Ariosa Diagnostics Inc. defining patentability in diagnostic tests, has earned the firm a spot on Law360's Life Sciences Groups of the Year.
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January 05, 2016
Gibson Dunn's life sciences practice scored a last-minute injunction for Sanofi-Aventis in a complex battle over an insulin injection device and protected the company from allegations it overcharged the U.S. hundreds of millions of dollars for another drug, earning the firm a spot on Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 04, 2016
Covington & Burling LLP’s life sciences practice led Eli Lilly & Co. to trial court wins over its antidepressant Cymbalta and helped guide Allergan PLC through a multibillion-dollar acquisition, securing the group a place as one of Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year.
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December 18, 2015
Three legal stalwarts landed at the top of the pack in 2015 to take the title of Law360's Firms of the Year, bolstered by their combined 27 Practice Group of the Year wins and their deft handling of high-stakes, high-profile work.