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Latest News in Life Sciences

  • October 21, 2026

    7 Firms Advise EQT, Qiagen On $12.1B Take-Private Deal

    A long list of firms — including Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Linklaters LLP and Milbank LLP — are steering Sweden-based EQT Private Equity's $12.1 billion takeover of life sciences testing company Qiagen NV, according to a Wednesday announcement.

  • October 21, 2026

    Reckitt Benckiser Denies Firing Manager For Whistleblowing

    Reckitt Benckiser urged a New Jersey federal judge to end a former senior regulatory manager's suit alleging she was fired for raising product safety issues, arguing Tuesday she rejected a lateral transfer amid a global reorganization and unsuccessfully gambled the company would give in to her promotion and higher pay demands.

  • October 21, 2026

    Ill. Judge Questions Bid To Block 340B Drug Discount Law

    An Illinois federal judge seemed hesitant Wednesday to halt a state law barring drugmakers from trying to impose restrictions on pharmacies under contract with a federal drug pricing discount program, saying the state seems to be maximizing public health in an area the statute doesn't address.

  • October 21, 2026

    Intuitive Surgical Strikes $450M Deal In Robot Antitrust Suit

    Intuitive Surgical said in its quarterly earnings report Tuesday that it reached a $450 million settlement to resolve a hospital class action alleging it monopolized the market for servicing its da Vinci surgical robots, subject to approval by a California federal judge.

  • October 21, 2026

    Amarin Ends 'Skinny Label' Patent Case Against Hikma

    Amarin Pharma Inc. is dropping its patent suit over Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.'s generic version of a heart drug that uses a so-called skinny label, months after the U.S. Supreme Court shut the case down.

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