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  • November 20, 2025

    Texas Sues Bristol-Myers For Alleged Drug Misrepresentations

    The Texas Office of the Attorney General sued pharmaceutical companies Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi in Texas state court, claiming Thursday the companies failed to disclose that a lucrative blood thinner used to prevent heart attacks and strokes does not work as well on certain minority patients.

  • November 20, 2025

    Invisalign Buyers Get OK On Sweetened $32M Antitrust Deal

    A California federal judge who previously rejected Invisalign-maker Align Technologies's $27.5 million antitrust deal with buyers because it included a coupon program said Thursday he will approve a revised deal, which provides for an all-cash $31.75 million payout.

  • November 20, 2025

    Pharma Cos. Seek Early Win In States' Price-Fixing Lawsuit

    A collection of states failed to prove an overarching conspiracy among 25 separate pharmaceutical companies to fix the prices of generic drugs, most of them dermatology formulations, the drugmakers argued Wednesday in support of a bid for an early win on one element of dozens of antitrust claims.

  • November 20, 2025

    Where Apple And Masimo's Watch Patent Fight Stands Now

    The high-octane fight between Apple and Masimo over smartwatch patents escalated again last week, when a California federal jury hit Apple with a $634 million infringement verdict and the U.S. International Trade Commission agreed to assess whether its redesigned products infringe Masimo's patents.

  • November 20, 2025

    Teva, Cooper Cos. Argue FDA Approval Barred IUD Update

    Teva Pharmaceuticals on Thursday urged a Georgia federal judge to hand it a summary judgment win ahead of a bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation over an IUD's alleged propensity for breakage, arguing a U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval blocks claims over the product's design and warning labels.

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