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  • September 25, 2026

    SEC Says Mich. Atty Tipped Family About Pharma Co. Merger

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday accused a Michigan tax lawyer of insider trading, alleging he told his brother and cousin about a planned but not-yet-announced merger between Y-mAbs Therapeutics Inc. and SERB Pharmaceuticals.

  • September 25, 2026

    SEC Says Md. Woman Illegally Traded On FDA Approval Info

    The SEC accused a Maryland resident of trading on nonpublic information she received from an insider ahead of the FDA's 2023 denial of a new drug application for a depression treatment submitted by Sage Therapeutics Inc. that caused the company's shares to lose over half of their value.

  • September 25, 2026

    Teva, Apotex Don't Infringe Sleep Drug Patents, Judge Finds

    Generic drugmakers Teva Pharmaceuticals and Apotex Inc. have secured an order from a Delaware federal court that they do not infringe patents asserted by Vanda Pharmaceuticals that cover the sleep drug Hetlioz.

  • September 25, 2026

    PTAB Invalidates Challenged Claims In Breast Pump Patent

    The Patent Trial and Appeal Board on Friday ruled that all claims Shenzhen Root Technology Co. Ltd. challenged in a Willow Blossom wearable breast pump patent are invalid on numerous grounds.

  • September 25, 2026

    AbbVie Says Botox Exempt From Medicare Price Negotiations

    AbbVie largely backed away from its constitutional challenges to the Inflation Reduction Act's Drug Price Negotiation Program in D.C. federal court Friday, but still insisted that its suite of Botox drugs can't be forced into negotiations with Medicare over price because they feature enough human plasma to fit into a congressional exemption.

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