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Latest News in Life Sciences

  • September 18, 2026

    Lilly Left Nektar Drug 'Damaged Goods,' Jury Told At Trial End

    Eli Lilly & Co. turned Nektar Therapeutics' autoimmune-disease drug Rezpeg into "damaged goods" by breaching the companies' co-development deal and delaying the medication's development in favor of a competing drug the pharma giant subsequently acquired, Nektar's counsel told a California federal jury during closing arguments Friday in the $1 billion case.

  • September 18, 2026

    Colo. Judge Mulls Sanction For Hospital In Gender Care Suit

    Transgender adolescent patients of Children's Hospital Colorado told a state judge the court must sanction the hospital for refusing to resume providing gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth patients, saying Friday that "nothing has changed" since the patients filed their January lawsuit.

  • September 18, 2026

    Texas Pregnancy Center Shutters To End Birth Tourism Suit

    A Texas-based pregnancy center on Friday agreed to shut down to resolve allegations by state Attorney General Ken Paxton that it helped Chinese nationals give birth in the U.S. while on tourist visas so their children could obtain birthright citizenship.

  • September 18, 2026

    Abbott's Spine Implants Cause Nerve Damage, Suit Claims

    A Pennsylvania woman is suing Abbott Laboratories and one of its subsidiaries in federal court, alleging she suffered permanent nerve damage as a result of a faulty spine implant and Abbott's representatives discouraging her from getting it removed.

  • September 18, 2026

    Conn. Town Beats Firefighter's Appeal In Pot-Use Firing Suit

    A Connecticut appellate panel declined Friday to reverse a firefighter's loss in a lawsuit he brought against the town of Waterbury after he was fired for using medical marijuana, holding that his challenge to a state court's posttrial dismissal was inadequately briefed.

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