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June 14, 2022
Jessica C. Wilson of DLA Piper has steered some of the largest pharmaceutical companies through high-stakes litigation, including helping to snuff out a large mass tort lodged against Pfizer Inc. over alleged health risks connected to Viagra, earning her a spot among the life sciences practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 13, 2022
Butler Snow LLP lawyer Susanna Moldoveanu filed thousands of summary judgment motions on behalf of Johnson & Johnson over claims of defective pelvic mesh devices in what became one of the largest multidistrict cases in history, earning her a spot among life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 10, 2022
Khelin Aiken of Baker McKenzie is helping Johnson & Johnson spin off its consumer health business — which made $15 billion last year — earning her a spot among the life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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May 30, 2022
Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2022, our list of 176 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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July 08, 2021
Tyler Evans of Covington & Burling counseled top health care companies in contracting work with the government amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including Johnson & Johnson and its $1 billion agreement to produce 100 million doses of its vaccine, earning him a spot among the top life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 07, 2021
King & Spalding LLP partner Marisa Maleck was on the team that helped Allergan make a landmark case against compounding pharmacies and has been litigating on the front lines of the cannabis industry since the very start of her career, earning her a spot among the top life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 06, 2021
Drugmakers facing multidistrict litigation — such as a generic pricing antitrust litigation in Pennsylvania federal court — often turn to Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Devora Allon to represent them, earning her a spot among the top life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 02, 2021
Chadé Severin of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP drove complex deals in the biopharma sector, including Gilead's $4.9 billion acquisition of cancer immunotherapy firm Forty Seven Inc., landing her a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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May 28, 2021
We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2021, our list of 180 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.
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August 12, 2020
Vishal Gupta of Steptoe & Johnson LLP helped French drugmaker Sanofi last year invalidate patents related to rival Amgen Inc.'s cholesterol-lowering drug Repatha, earning him a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 11, 2020
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Laura Knoll guided Array BioPharma in Pfizer's recent $11.4 billion purchase of the pharmaceutical company to complement the pharmaceutical giant's cancer treatment offerings, earning her a spot among the life sciences practitioners under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 10, 2020
Ropes & Gray LLP's Zachary Blume has helped clients navigate complex transactions, including Genzyme's $20.1 billion acquisition by French pharmaceutical company Sanofi and Wright Medical's $5.4 billion sale to Stryker, earning him a spot among the life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 07, 2020
Jones Day's Sarah A. Geers was part of a team that helped Juno Therapeutics and Sloan Kettering win a more than $1.1 billion final award in a case over a patent for cancer immunotherapy, earning her a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 02, 2020
We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2020, our list of 176 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.
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September 13, 2019
Matthew Robson of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has successfully represented the Broad Institute in several high-profile battles involving patents covering CRISPR genome-editing technology, earning him a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 12, 2019
Fang Xie of Greenberg Traurig LLP has used her scientific background to help clients with big-ticket deals, including Hansoh Pharmaceutical's $220 million collaboration with Viela Bio and CSPC Pharmaceutical's $175 million exclusive licensing agreement with Verastem, landing her among five attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 life sciences Rising Stars.
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September 11, 2019
Fenwick & West's Robert Counihan has represented numerous pharmaceutical clients, including Eli Lilly subsidiary Loxo Oncology in a trade secrets suit, earning him a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 10, 2019
Butler Snow's Alyson B. Jones has amassed numerous victories on behalf of her life sciences clients over her career, like representing Johnson & Johnson in multidistrict litigation over claims that Tylenol can cause liver failure, earning her a spot as a Law360 Rising Star.
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September 09, 2019
Arnold & Porter's Eric Rothman has backed pharmaceutical and life sciences companies on complex deals, including Novartis' sale of its cystic fibrosis products to Mylan, earning him a spot among life sciences attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as a Rising Star.
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September 06, 2019
We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2019, our list of 175 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.
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August 16, 2018
Winston & Strawn LLP partner Kurt Mathas helped Teva get a generic version of the testosterone replacement therapy drug Axiron on the market by getting the Federal Circuit to invalidate a key patent claim, marking one of the victories that earned him a spot as a Law360 life sciences Rising Star.
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August 15, 2018
Benjamin M. Mundel of Sidley Austin LLP has helped on unique cases for a wide variety of pharmaceutical clients over his career, including his current role leading Exeltis USA in a suit concerning a drug database's coding for Exeltis' prescription prenatal vitamins, earning him a spot as one of five life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360.
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August 14, 2018
Paul Hastings LLP’s Isaac Ashkenazi helped invalidate a key patent for one of the world’s best-selling drugs and is also headed to the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that could interpret the America Invents Act’s on-sale bar provision, achievements that earn him a spot as an attorney under 40 honored as a Law360 life sciences Rising Star.
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August 13, 2018
Joseph B. Warden of Fish & Richardson PC represents Gilead Sciences Inc. in its ongoing infringement suit over hepatitis C drug patents and secured a reversal of a $2.5 billion damages award in the suit — the largest patent damages award in history — earning him a spot as one of five life sciences attorneys under 40 selected as Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 10, 2018
Latham & Watkins LLP partner Brian Cuneo backs life sciences companies as they prepare to go public in high-price offerings, including representing Unity Biotechnology in its $85 million initial public offering, earning him a spot as a life sciences attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as a Rising Star.