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Latest News in Life Sciences

  • September 02, 2026

    ITC Reinstates Sun Import Ban Win After Squires Intervention

    The U.S. International Trade Commission has cleared a ban against Biofrontera dermatology device imports that infringe Sun Pharmaceuticals patents, following changes at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

  • September 02, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Won't Bring Back Pediatric Supplement Patent

    The Federal Circuit on Wednesday declined to revive a patent covering a pediatric vitamin D supplement after some claims were found to be unpatentable by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, finding no abuse of discretion in the board's logic.

  • September 02, 2026

    States Sue To Block Medicaid Ban On Youth Gender Care

    Twenty state attorneys general on Wednesday challenged the Trump administration's plan to halt Medicaid funding for minors' gender-affirming care, alleging the move would violate federal law and usurp congressional power over government spending.

  • September 02, 2026

    2nd Circ. Says PBM Opioid Crisis Suits Belong In Fed. Court

    Local New York governments can't keep dozens of suits alleging two of the nation's largest pharmacy benefit managers contributed to the opioid epidemic in state court, a Second Circuit panel held Wednesday, finding the litigation alleges "indivisible" federal and non-federal conduct by the PBMs.

  • September 02, 2026

    Ex-Dispensary Worker's Punitive $100K Award Cut To $75K

    A Pennsylvania federal judge cut 25% of a $100,000 punitive damages award in the case of a former dispensary worker who claimed his employer fired him for going on leave to recover from injuries he suffered in a car accident.

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