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Latest News in Life Sciences

  • June 15, 2026

    DOJ Says NY Court Can't Block Texas Trans Records Probe

    The U.S. Department of Justice urged a New York federal court Monday to deny a request for an order barring the government from seeking transgender minor patients' medical records through a criminal subpoena issued by a Texas grand jury, arguing the court lacks jurisdiction.

  • June 15, 2026

    Squires Rejects 7 AIA Cases, Explains Earlier Tesla Decision

    U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has granted five patent challenges and rejected seven others, and he also issued a decision Monday explaining why he allowed a group of Tesla petitions to go ahead to the merits stage of review.

  • June 15, 2026

    Univ. Of Washington Beats Medical Prof's Bias Suit At Trial

    Jurors have cleared the University of Washington's medical school of liability in an anesthesiology professor's lawsuit alleging that she was unfairly ousted from a director role after complaining of discrimination and harassment, finding that the professor failed to sufficiently prove any of her three claims against the school.

  • June 15, 2026

    FTC Pulls OptumRx Insulin Price Case To Review Final Deal

    The Federal Trade Commission's third and final settlement resolving an in-house case accusing pharmacy benefit managers of inflating insulin prices through rebate schemes is in sight after the agency on Friday pulled from adjudication its allegations against UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s OptumRx to review a deal struck with staffers.

  • June 15, 2026

    $239M LabCorp Deal Illegally Shared Genetic Info, Suit Says

    Genetic testing company Invitae Corp. has been hit with proposed class privacy claims by an Illinois parent who says the company unlawfully disclosed its patients' genetic information to LabCorp after the laboratory testing giant bought Invitae out of bankruptcy.

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