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Latest News in Life Sciences

  • August 11, 2026

    Abbott, Mead Must Face Baby Formula Retrial, Mo. Panel Says

    A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday affirmed a new trial order in a suit accusing Abbott Laboratories and Mead Johnson of selling baby formula that causes a serious condition in preterm infants, agreeing with the trial court that the verdict was not supported by the evidence.

  • August 11, 2026

    USPTO Simplifies Entry To Patent Bar For Biomedical Grads

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published guidance Tuesday that elevates biomedical science degrees to a list of degrees that earn a person eligibility to take the patent bar exam, saying the move will help with "expanding the admission criteria of the patent bar."

  • August 11, 2026

    Full Fed. Circ. Declines To Revisit Design Patent Test

    The full Federal Circuit on Tuesday refused to review the test for proving design patent infringement, rejecting a massage device maker's argument that the court has strayed from U.S. Supreme Court precedent but drawing a dissent arguing the court has "messed up" the law.

  • August 11, 2026

    How Home Infusion Providers Can Adapt To Enrollment Pause

    Recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services moratoria on new enrollments of home health agencies, medical equipment companies and hospices make home infusion providers' compliance obligations more complex and ambiguous, requiring new careful consideration of specific enrollment requirements and limitations, say attorneys at Quarles & Brady.

  • August 11, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Revives Man's Vax Injury Case, Citing Mail Delay

    The Federal Circuit reversed a U.S. Court of Federal Claims decision that rejected a man's case seeking vaccine injury compensation, concluding that the court wrongly faulted him for the late arrival of his petition.

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