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Life Sciences Law360 provides breaking legal news and analysis on the pharmaceutical and medical device industry. Coverage includes high-stakes litigation and policy developments that affect life sciences companies, as well as licensing deals, mergers, and other corporate transactions.
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Latest News in Life Sciences
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February 06, 2026
Insulet Gets $14.9M Fee Award For Trade Secret Trial Win
A Massachusetts federal judge awarded Insulet Corp.'s attorneys almost $15 million for their $452 million jury trial victory in a trade secrets dispute that was later reduced to $59.4 million, but the fees Goodwin Procter LLP netted were significantly less than the nearly $25 million it requested.
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February 06, 2026
FLSA Does Not Bar Claim Waivers, Wash. Judge Says
The Fair Labor Standards Act does not categorically bar a contract's release of an employee's claims, a Washington federal judge ruled, finding that a former pharmaceutical manufacturing company worker's severance agreement that included a general release of claims precludes his wage suit.
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February 06, 2026
HHS Ends 340B Drug Rebate Pilot After Legal Challenge
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has ended a proposed rebate program that would have altered how hospitals receive payments for participating in the federal 340B drug discount program, which provides discounted prescription drugs for low-income Americans, after facing a lawsuit from a major hospital association.
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February 05, 2026
NYAG's Insider Trading Case A Power Grab, Judge Told
The former CEO of healthcare contractor Emergent BioSolutions Inc. has removed to federal court New York Attorney General Letitia James' insider trading case against him, alleging James is trying to expand her office's power through claims that concern questions of federal law.
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February 05, 2026
Full Fed. Circ. Won't Rethink Heart Monitor Patent Claim Ax
The full Federal Circuit won't rethink a panel's refusal to revive claims in a wireless heart rate monitor patent owned by Finnish sports tech company Polar Electro Oy that a lower court found were invalid.
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