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Latest News in Life Sciences
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December 24, 2025
Sanofi Buys Hepatitis Vaccine Maker Dynavax For $2.2B
French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi SA said Wednesday that it will buy Dynavax Technologies, a U.S. vaccine developer, for $2.2 billion in a recommended cash deal to expand its adult immunization products.
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December 23, 2025
Top Illinois Decisions Of 2025
State and federal courts have handed down rulings in Illinois cases this year that made clear plaintiffs must allege concrete injury for common law standing, narrowed the scope of the federal anti-kickback statute and laid out a new standard for certifying collective actions.
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December 23, 2025
3 Federal Circuit Clashes To Watch In January
The Federal Circuit is set to hear several intellectual property cases in January, including one over a nine-figure patent judgment against cybersecurity company Gen Digital tied to a contempt finding against a major law firm that represented it, and another over the tech industry's long-running crusade against patent review denials based on related litigation.
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December 23, 2025
Philly Joins MDL Against Drug Cos., PBMs Over Insulin Prices
Philadelphia on Tuesday sued drug manufacturers Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi, along with several pharmacy benefit managers, joining multidistrict litigation in New Jersey federal court accusing the companies of illegally inflating the price of insulin.
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December 23, 2025
Justices Urged To Spurn SG's Call To Tackle 'Skinny Labels'
Amarin Pharma Inc. on Tuesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject the U.S. solicitor general's call to hear a patent case involving generic drug "skinny labels," saying the dispute over the company's heart drug Vascepa deals with factual issues not suitable for high court review.
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