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Latest News in Life Sciences
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February 26, 2026
IRhythm Investors Say 2021 Goldman Ruling Doesn't Bar Cert.
IRhythm Technologies investors urged a California federal judge Thursday to certify a class that bought 30 million shares while the digital healthcare company allegedly jacked its stock price with false and misleading statements about a heart-event monitoring device, saying the U.S. Supreme Court's 2021 Goldman price impact ruling doesn't apply.
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February 26, 2026
Health Plans Lack Expert In Avandia MDL, 3rd Circ. Told
Counsel for GlaxoSmithKline urged a Third Circuit panel on Thursday to undo an order certifying a class of health plans in the multidistrict litigation over the company's alleged deceptive marketing of the diabetes drug Avandia, arguing the plaintiffs didn't have the experts necessary to support their case.
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February 26, 2026
Justices Told 'Skinny Label' Case Puts Generic Drugs At Risk
The U.S. government, one named sponsor of the Hatch-Waxman Act, a generic-drug industry group and more have warned the U.S. Supreme Court that a decision that allowed a patent case involving a so-called skinny label to proceed threatens the availability of low-cost generic drugs.
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February 26, 2026
Squires Grants 3 IPRs, Denies 10, Marks RPI Order Informative
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has issued guidance on when real-parties-in-interest errors won't lead to denied petitions, and then instituted three inter partes reviews in his latest bare-bones mass decision.
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February 26, 2026
Chancery Asked To OK $7.6M Deal To End $1.5B De-SPAC Row
Stockholders of special purpose acquisition company HighCape Capital LP have sought Delaware Court of Chancery approval for a $7.6 million settlement of a class suit accusing company principals of pursuing an overpriced take-public merger of biopharmaceutical tech company Quantum-Si, in litigation complicated by an unusual discovery stumble.
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