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Latest News in Life Sciences
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November 26, 2025
Paratek Beats Suit Alleging $462M Sale Built On D&O Interests
A Delaware vice chancellor on Wednesday tossed investor challenges to Paratek Pharmaceuticals' $462 million sale to Gurnet Point Capital and Novo Holdings, saying it was not reasonably conceivable that directors and officers undermined better deal prospects in order to protect personal interests.
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November 26, 2025
GTCR Drops FTC Constitutional Challenge Over Merger Case
GTCR BC Holdings LLC has agreed to dismiss its constitutional claims against the Federal Trade Commission after enforcers dropped their case challenging the private equity firm's $627 million purchase of medical device coatings company Surmodics Inc.
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November 26, 2025
Avantor Sued Over Supply Chain Issues After $6.4B Deal
Investors have accused executives at Pennsylvania-based laboratory supplier Avantor Inc. of falsely inflating the company's stock value by continually touting the value of its $6.4 billion merger with a major distributor in 2017, even as its failures to maintain its supply chain mounted, according to a proposed class action filed Tuesday in federal court.
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November 26, 2025
MVP: Ropes & Gray's Abigail Gregor
Abigail Gregor of Ropes & Gray LLP advised Bain Capital on the formation of a new biopharmaceutical company focused on autoimmune disease treatments and AbbVie on its acquisition of a cell therapy developer in a potentially $2.1 billion deal, earning her a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Life Sciences MVPs.
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November 26, 2025
Ex-Amarin CEO Loses Suit Over Ouster After Proxy Fight
A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday tossed a lawsuit against Amarin Pharmaceuticals Inc. from its former CEO over his removal, finding that the allegations did not amount to "good cause" under Swiss law and that no qualifying "change of control" occurred to trigger severance benefits.
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