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  • September 08, 2026

    Eli Lilly 'Sabotaged' Rezpeg's Development, Nektar Tells Jury

    Eli Lilly & Co. breached its deal with Nektar Therapeutics to co-develop the autoimmune-disease drug Rezpeg and instead "sabotaged" its development in favor of a different Eli Lilly drug, a Nektar lawyer told a California federal jury during opening statements Tuesday, while Lilly's counsel countered that Nektar was unharmed by the deal's termination.

  • September 08, 2026

    Amgen Tells 4th Circ. No Point In Keeping CareFirst Suit Alive

    Amgen urged the Fourth Circuit to overrule a Virginia federal judge's refusal to dismiss CareFirst's lawsuit accusing it of unlawfully delaying biosimilar competition for Enbrel, arguing that the health insurer's alleged injury was actually caused by court orders enforcing Amgen's patents.

  • September 08, 2026

    State Coalition Can Pursue Challenge To HHS Vax Overhaul

    A California federal judge allowed a coalition of states to proceed with their challenge to the Trump administration's decision to cut vaccine recommendations for children, ruling Tuesday the states plausibly alleged those decisions could increase costs of running their healthcare programs and burden them with having to adjust their laws. 

  • September 08, 2026

    Apple Fights Masimo Bid To Add $243M To $634M Patent Win

    Apple has pressed a California federal judge to reject Masimo's request for nearly $243 million in interest atop a $634 million patent jury verdict on the Apple Watch's heart rate feature, saying the "staggering" damages are so large that adding more would be an "enormous windfall."

  • September 08, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Urged To Overturn Natera's Cancer Test Patent Win

    ArcherDX is asking the Federal Circuit to fully free it from a Delaware federal jury's $19 million verdict for infringing Natera cancer diagnostic patents, saying the district court judge was wrong to only remove $10 million from that total.

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