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Latest News in Life Sciences

  • July 20, 2026

    Moderna Hits CureVac With Countersuit In COVID Vax Fight

    Moderna has filed a countersuit in Delaware federal court against a BioNTech subsidiary's claims that Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine infringed several patents, saying the rival biotech company was trying to "take credit" for Moderna's own innovations in mRNA vaccines.

  • July 20, 2026

    Albertsons Data Suggests Opioids Went Missing, Expert Says

    Albertsons pharmacies in Washington state received considerably more opioid medications from distributors between 2009 and 2015 than the company reported dispensing — a sign of potential diversion, according to an expert witness who testified Monday at a bench trial in Washington's lawsuit accusing the chain of exacerbating the state's opioid crisis.

  • July 20, 2026

    Apple Can't Get Judge To Toss Masimo's $634M Patent Verdict

    Apple has lost its bid to dodge a jury's finding that it owes $634 million for infringing a Masimo Corp. patent after a California federal judge rejected the tech giant's challenge to how the court construed a key term and its bid for a new trial.

  • July 20, 2026

    SD Judge Blocks Abortion Ad Ban Against Atty, Nonprofit

    A South Dakota federal judge barred the state from enforcing an abortion advertising ban against a reproductive health education nonprofit and an attorney, ruling that doing so would likely violate the First Amendment.

  • July 20, 2026

    Latham, Cooley Steer $1.5B Tempus Cancer Testing Deal

    Chicago-based Tempus AI said Monday it has agreed to acquire cancer diagnostics company Personalis in a deal with an enterprise value of about $1.5 billion, with Latham & Watkins LLP and Cooley LLP advising, respectively.

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