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Latest News in Life Sciences
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January 22, 2026
Patent Office Beats La Jolla Pharma's Application Denial Suit
A Virginia federal judge on Wednesday upheld a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office decision that denied patent applications from drug developer La Jolla Pharma LLC claiming a unique dosage and delivery method of a drug the company markets to treat low blood pressure, finding the claims are all anticipated or obvious.
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January 22, 2026
House Report Claims Evidence of CVS Antitrust Violations
House Judiciary Committee staffers said Wednesday that they'd uncovered "a pattern of anticompetitive activity" in CVS Health tactics aimed at coercing independent pharmacies into avoiding working with online services the company saw as a threat to its own pharmacy and pharmacy benefit manager businesses.
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January 22, 2026
Supplement Cos. Challenge FDA Health Claim Denials
A group of health supplement companies hit the U.S. Food and Drug Administration with a suit in D.C. federal court Wednesday alleging regulators wrongly denied them approval to make over 100 distinct claims concerning the health benefits of their products.
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January 22, 2026
Merck Can't Get Fed. Circ. To Reconsider Axing MS Drug Patents
The Federal Circuit on Thursday refused to reconsider decisions invalidating Merck KGaA patents on the blockbuster multiple sclerosis drug Mavenclad, turning aside the German drugmaker's claim that the court set an unjust new rule that means inventors' work can later be used against them.
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January 22, 2026
Fed. Circ. Patent Decisions In 2025: An Empirical Review
In 2025, the Federal Circuit's increased output was not enough to keep up with its ever-growing patent case load, and patent owners and applicants fared poorly overall as the court's affirmance rate fell, says Dan Bagatell at Perkins Coie.
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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