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Latest News in Life Sciences
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October 24, 2025
Pfizer Hit With More Suits Over Depo-Provera
Three women sued Pfizer this week in Florida federal court, alleging its hormonal contraceptive birth control shot Depo-Provera caused their brain tumors in the latest claims that the major drugmaker failed to warn of the link.
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October 24, 2025
Ohio, Ky. Reps Again Pursue Bill To Make PTAB Optional
A bipartisan pair of legislators in the U.S. House of Representatives are floating a bill that would give patent owners the ability to extinguish challenges to their intellectual property at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board before they start.
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October 24, 2025
GNC Franchisee Cos. Largely Lose Bid To Toss Award Order
An international court judge has largely denied efforts by GNC franchisee businesses in Singapore and the Philippines to set aside an order enforcing arbitral awards totaling about $45 million that also enforced a contractual obligation to assign their 54 stores in Singapore to the health and wellness company.
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October 24, 2025
USPTO Chief To Review PTAB Ruling On Tire Sensor Patent
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has decided to step in and examine a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision from September to consider a challenge to a Cerebrum Sensor Technologies Inc. tire sensor patent.
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October 24, 2025
Tricidia Investors Win OK Of $14.2M Deal Over Kidney Drug
A California federal judge on Thursday granted final approval to a $14.2 million settlement that ends a class action against Tricidia founder Gerrit Klaerner claiming he and the company misled investors on the approval chances for their new kidney disease drug, including nearly $4 million for plaintiffs' counsel.
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