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Latest News in Life Sciences
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December 17, 2025
Shutdown Deal Bars Federal Firings Until Feb., Judge Says
A California federal judge said Wednesday she'll grant a preliminary injunction barring layoffs of federal workers from several agencies before Jan. 30, saying legislation that ended the government shutdown prohibits the layoffs, but she added she might pause her order while the government appeals.
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December 17, 2025
Conn. Zantac Injury Bellwether Trials Set To Begin In March
Bellwether trials in lawsuits against drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. over the side effects of Zantac are set to begin in Connecticut state court in March, according to a court order.
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December 17, 2025
Great American Says Cryo Unit Co. Hid Facts In Getting Policy
Insurer Great American has gone to California federal court asserting that it doesn't owe coverage to a cryotherapy unit seller for an underlying lawsuit involving an alleged injury in a hyperbaric chamber at the company's subsidiary, arguing that the cryotherapy company never told the insurer it had a subsidiary.
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December 17, 2025
What Defense Teams Must Know About PFAS Testing Methods
Whether testing for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances produces results meaningful for litigation depends on the validity of the sampling methodology — so effectively defending these claims requires understanding the scientific and legal implications of different PFAS testing protocols, say attorneys at Hollingsworth.
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December 17, 2025
Doctors Not Harmed By CDC's Vaccine Guidance, Feds Say
The federal government argued Wednesday that doctors lack standing to challenge the overhaul of a key federal vaccine committee that has since downgraded the COVID-19 shot, saying healthcare providers haven't been harmed by the policy shifts.
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
Readership
- Life sciences lawyers at top law firms
- 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.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals