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Latest News in Life Sciences
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February 20, 2026
BioNTech Says Moderna's New COVID Vax Infringes Its IP
BioNTech has launched a new patent infringement suit against Moderna, claiming that the rival's newer COVID-19 vaccine exploits BioNTech's "streamlined, domain-based" vaccine technology, according to a complaint filed in Delaware federal court.
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February 20, 2026
Dallas Jury Finds Ex-NFL Player Ran $328M Medicare Scheme
A federal jury in Dallas has found that former NFL player and Texas laboratory owner Keith Gray orchestrated a $328 million fraud scheme involving billing for cardiovascular genetic testing, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
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February 20, 2026
Fertility Doctors Beat Patient's Embryo Loss Case
A Connecticut woman waited too long to sue her fertility doctors over the loss of her frozen embryos after treatments in 2005 and 2006, a state court judge ruled Thursday, granting judgment to the doctors.
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February 20, 2026
Fed. Circ. Unwinds Ineligibility Ruling For Gene Therapy IP
The Federal Circuit on Friday saved Regenxbio and the University of Pennsylvania's gene therapy patent, finding that splicing together genes from different organisms results in a molecule that is "markedly different from anything occurring in nature," rendering the therapy patent eligible.
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February 20, 2026
Record FCA Recoveries Signal Intensified Healthcare Focus
In its recently released False Claims Act statistics, the U.S. government's emphasis on record healthcare recoveries and government-initiated healthcare matters last year indicates robust enforcement ahead, though the administration's focus on current policy objectives also extends beyond the healthcare sector, say attorneys at Epstein Becker.
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