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Latest News in Life Sciences
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April 20, 2026
USPTO Should Let Inventors Valuate Patents In Prosecution
By building patent valuation into the application process, rather than waiting until potential litigation years down the line, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office would streamline the process for inventors protecting and enforcing their patents, says John Powers at Powers IP.
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April 20, 2026
Justices Mull Limits On Federal Review Of State Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with the potential impact of reining in — or even scrapping altogether — a 100-year-old doctrine that curbs litigants' ability to go to federal court to try to overturn a state court loss.
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April 20, 2026
House Panel Probes Reports Of Missing, Killed Scientists
Two Republican U.S. congressmen announced a probe Monday into reports of about a dozen scientists or government employees with ties to American nuclear and space programs who were killed or reported missing, penning letters seeking information from NASA, the Department of Energy, the FBI and the Defense Department.
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April 20, 2026
GSK, Moderna Both Ordered To Provide More Info In Vax Fight
A special master overseeing discovery disputes in GlaxoSmithKline's infringement suits over Moderna's COVID-19 and related respiratory syncytial virus vaccines ordered both companies to furnish information to each other, including financial data and licenses, according to an opinion unsealed Monday.
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April 20, 2026
Trump Orders Agencies To Fast-Track Psychedelic Therapies
President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that his administration would instruct federal agencies to accelerate investigations into new therapies derived from psychedelic drugs and streamline patients' access to the treatments.
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