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Latest News in Life Sciences
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February 23, 2026
Bayer Sues J&J Over Alleged False Cancer Drug Claims
Johnson & Johnson is leaning on a flawed study to advertise its prostate cancer drug as having lower risk of death compared with Bayer's medication, alleged a New York federal lawsuit filed Monday by Bayer, which seeks to immediately halt J&J's advertising campaign and recover damages.
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February 23, 2026
DC Circ. Talks Sharks, Moats In Vertex HHS Kickback Appeal
Sharks and moats were top of mind Monday morning for one judge on the D.C. Circuit, as gene therapy drugmaker Vertex Pharmaceuticals attempted to convince the court that its fertility preservation program does not violate the Anti-Kickback Statute.
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February 23, 2026
Zynex Faces Securities Suit Following Arrest Of Former Execs
After being arrested last month on charges of securities fraud and conspiracy, the former CEO and ex-chief compliance officer of bankrupt medical device maker Zynex have been hit with a securities class action that alleges they and others caused the company to engage in fraudulent billing practices that inflated its stock price and led to investor losses once the truth came to light.
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February 23, 2026
Synthego Urges Justices To Reject AI Bait In CRISPR Case
Synthego Corp. has called for the U.S. Supreme Court to turn away Agilent Technologies Inc.'s appeal of its invalidated CRISPR patents, saying the patent owner is inappropriately leveraging artificial intelligence to make the case sound more pressing than it is.
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February 23, 2026
CBP Clears Redesigned Tourniquet Imports After IP Ban
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has found that a modified version of a tourniquet made by a Chinese company isn't subject to an import ban issued by the U.S. International Trade Commission after finding that earlier imports infringed a patent.
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