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  • July 15, 2026

    Albertsons Slow To Review Wash. Opioid Sales, Judge Told

    Albertsons conducted few reviews of opioid dispensing by its Washington pharmacies for years after establishing a controlled substances compliance team, according to testimony played on Day 3 of a bench trial in the state's lawsuit accusing the company and its Safeway subsidiary of exacerbating Washington's opioid epidemic.

  • July 15, 2026

    Unilever Tangled In Litigation Again Over TRESemme

    Unilever's personal care unit was hit with a products liability lawsuit in New Jersey federal court Tuesday by customers who say the company's TRESemme shampoo products caused them to suffer scalp irritation, bald spots or their hair to fall out in clumps.

  • July 15, 2026

    Acorda Can't Add $66M To Award In Ampyra Royalty Fight

    The Second Circuit on Wednesday refused to alter an arbitral award issued to Acorda Therapeutics to include nearly $66 million beyond the $16.6 million it won in a multiple sclerosis drug dispute, saying the company "slept on its rights" and couldn't change the result now.

  • July 15, 2026

    Bristol Myers Sues Generics Cos. Over Planned Cardiac Drug

    Bristol Myers Squibb and MyoKardia have filed patent infringement suits in Delaware against a variety of pharmaceutical companies, including MSN Laboratories and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, targeting their planned generic versions of the cardiac drug Camzyos.

  • July 15, 2026

    Braveheart Bio, Attovia Join Growing Pipeline Of Biotech IPOs

    Two venture-backed biotechnology firms filed plans for initial public offerings this week, both with plans to raise around $100 million for their public debut.

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