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Latest News in Life Sciences

  • June 08, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Scrutinizes UT's 'Inflammatory' Comments In IP Trial

    The "inflammatory" language used by the University of Texas to secure a $42 million patent infringement verdict against Boston Scientific is "about as good an example as one can possibly think of," U.S. Circuit Judge Richard G. Taranto told the university's attorney on Monday.

  • June 08, 2026

    Eli Lilly Conspiracy Claim In Compound Drug Row Challenged

    A California federal court should toss part of Eli Lilly's third attempt at allegations that a telehealth company, provider group and a now-shuttered pharmacy conspired to falsely advertise compounded versions of its weight loss drugs, the companies argued in a recent motion.

  • June 08, 2026

    AIPLA, NAM Rally Behind Moderna's Fight Over Vax Patents

    The American Intellectual Property Law Association, National Association of Manufacturers and others urged the Federal Circuit to undo a lower court's ruling that Moderna, and not the government, must face a multibillion-dollar patent infringement suit over its COVID-19 vaccine.

  • June 08, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Panel Backs Invalidation Of OxyContin Patent

    The Federal Circuit on Monday upheld a Delaware federal court's decision that deemed invalid a Purdue Pharma patent covering an abuse-deterrent version of the opioid OxyContin, rebuffing the company's arguments that the lower court got its obviousness analysis wrong.

  • June 08, 2026

    Biogen To End Investors' Alzheimer's Drug Case For $18.9M

    Biogen Inc. has agreed to pay $18.9 million to exit a lawsuit accusing it of misleading investors about the commercial readiness of a new Alzheimer's treatment, according to a settlement filed in Massachusetts federal court.

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