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Latest News in Life Sciences
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April 22, 2026
Bayer 'Natural' Vitamin Buyer Classes Affirmed By 9th Circ.
A split Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld a federal district court's certification of New York and California classes of consumers who bought Bayer Healthcare multivitamin gummies that were allegedly labeled falsely as "natural," finding the company "demands more" from the plaintiffs at this stage of the litigation than certification requires.
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April 22, 2026
Eli Lilly Case Over Weight Loss Drugs Kept Mostly Intact
A California federal court has refused to throw out a lawsuit from Eli Lilly against a telehealth company and related entities over the compounding of its popular weight loss drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound, but agreed to trim a conspiracy claim from the case.
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April 22, 2026
Justices Would Back Vax Law Challenge, 2nd Circ. Told
The U.S. Supreme Court's March 2 decision in a California gender-related school policy case requires the Second Circuit to advance a 2023 challenge to Connecticut's preschool and daycare student vaccine mandates, an attorney for a Constitution State congregation told a three-judge panel on Wednesday.
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April 22, 2026
Judge Lets Pharma Co. Seal Parts Of Ex-GC's Retaliation Suit
A Texas state judge on Wednesday granted Houston-based Empower Clinic Services LLC's bid to permanently and partially seal a petition by its former general counsel that alleges a smear campaign by the company after he confronted them about conduct he said was unlawful.
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April 22, 2026
Fresenius Ruling May Shift Anti-Kickback Enforcement
The Ninth Circuit's recent decision in Fresenius v. Bonta suggests that businesses have a First Amendment right to donate to certain charities, even if those donations are motivated by economic self-interest, potentially calling into question years of Anti-Kickback Statute proceedings against pharmaceutical manufacturers for making similar donations, says Jonah Knobler at Patterson Belknap.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- U.S. International Trade Commission
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Affordable Care Act
- Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
- Antitrust and consumer protection controls
- Drug and medical device lobbying
- State and international life sciences legislation and regulation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Drug and medical device recalls
- Drug safety actions
- Pay-for-delay investigations
- Merger reviews
- LITIGATION
- Patent disputes, including
- Abbreviated New Drug Application litigation
- Section 301 cases
- Product safety suits over drugs and medical devices, including off-label marketing and failure-to-warn claims
- Consumer litigation and class actions
- Fraud and compliance suits
- Antitrust disputes
- Labor and employment suits
- Shareholder and corporate governance disputes
- Bankruptcy proceedings
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
- Share buybacks and stock splits
- Private equity deals
- Patent-licensing agreements
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of life sciences practice groups
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- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the drug, biotechnology, and medical device industries
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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