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Latest News in Life Sciences

  • May 07, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Judges Stuck On Drug Efficacy's Role In Patents

    A Federal Circuit panel struggled Thursday to pin down where the line is between patent enablement on cancer drug patents and U.S. Food and Drug Administration standards, as a Pfizer unit tried to revive its $107 million jury victory over AstraZeneca.

  • May 07, 2026

    J&J Feared FDA's 'Disturbing Proposal' To Test Talc, Jury Told

    A former U.S. Food and Drug Administration commissioner testifying Thursday in a Los Angeles bellwether trial over claims Johnson & Johnson's talc products caused three women's deadly ovarian cancer described an internal document showing J&J feared the FDA's "disturbing proposal" to test the talc instead of relying on industry self-testing.

  • May 07, 2026

    La. Says Mailed Abortion Pills Harm State Budget, Sovereignty

    The state of Louisiana on Thursday defended its standing to challenge telehealth access to the abortion medication mifepristone, telling the U.S. Supreme Court that it has suffered financial and other injuries as mail-order pills flood the state.

  • May 07, 2026

    Judge, In 'Difficult Position,' OKs Rare Patent Defense

    A Massachusetts federal judge found himself in what he said was a "difficult position" in allowing an unusual defense to be advanced in a patent infringement case related to blood pumps in light of criticism of the defense from the Federal Circuit.

  • May 07, 2026

    $495M Win Upheld In Abbott Baby Formula Bellwether Trial

    A Missouri appellate panel on Tuesday upheld a trial win of $95 million in compensatory damages and $400 million in punitive damages over bellwether claims that Abbott Laboratories' baby formula caused a premature baby to suffer a fully disabling condition.

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