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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

  • October 06, 2026

    AstraZeneca Takes Drug-Pricing Law Challenge To 4th Circ.

    AstraZeneca on Monday asked the Fourth Circuit to resurrect its suit challenging how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services determines which drugs are subject to the landmark drug-pricing program, arguing that CMS is dodging limits on how many drugs can be selected by grouping some together.

  • October 06, 2026

    CVS Can't Get Second Shot At Tossing Investors' AI Use Suit

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday declined to give CVS another opportunity to dismiss a lawsuit accusing it of inflating its revenues through the use of artificial intelligence. 

  • October 06, 2026

    Roundup Expert Admits EPA Clear On Overall Lack Of Harm

    A toxicologist testifying in the latest Roundup trial acknowledged Tuesday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's exhaustive 2017 review of glyphosate science found that the balance of the evidence didn't support a link between glyphosate and human cancer.

  • October 06, 2026

    NC Biz Court Bulletin: Monopoly Suit Setback, Historic Deal

    The North Carolina Business Court rounded the corner into fall with a setback for residents in an antitrust class action, a historic settlement in "forever chemical" contamination litigation and a raft of new restrictive covenant complaints.

  • October 06, 2026

    1st Circ. Sees Gaps In Order Halting RFK's Vaccine Advisers

    A First Circuit panel on Tuesday puzzled over aspects of a lower court's order staying Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s appointments to a vaccine policy committee, with one judge saying he can't tell what authority the order was based on.

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Life Sciences

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