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Latest News in Life Sciences

  • June 09, 2026

    Novartis, AbbVie Lose Bid To Halt Wash. 340B Pharmacy Law

    A Washington federal judge declined Tuesday to block a state law passed to protect prescription drug access for low-income and uninsured patients, rejecting arguments from AbbVie and Novartis that the new measure illegally adds to pharmaceutical manufacturers' obligations under the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program.

  • June 09, 2026

    Morrison Foerster Brings On Sidley Patent Litigation Duo

    A pair of Sidley Austin LLP patent and trade secrets litigators, including the firm's co-leader of its global intellectual property practice, have departed for Morrison Foerster LLP, according to an announcement made Tuesday.

  • June 09, 2026

    Agensys Sues Biopharmas For Alleged Trade Secret Theft

    Agensys Inc. filed a trade secret misappropriation suit in California federal court Tuesday against a U.S.-based cancer research firm and two alleged Chinese affiliates, claiming they stole confidential information for oncology antibodies developed at Agensys and that the theft was "willful and malicious."

  • June 09, 2026

    4th Circ. Revives Ex-Gilead Worker's Defamation Suit

    The Fourth Circuit revived Tuesday a lawsuit from a former biopharmaceutical company employee after finding that he'd sufficiently backed his claim for vicarious liability against Gilead Sciences Inc., but refused to draw a co-worker back into the case.

  • June 09, 2026

    Eli Lilly Wins Order Halting Alleged Trulicity Fraud

    A Florida federal judge signed off Tuesday on a preliminary injunction pausing a prescription cost share program purportedly for Church of God in Christ members that pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Co. says is actually a fraud scheme to resell GLP-1 drug Trulicity on the secondary market.

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