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Life Sciences Law360 provides breaking legal news and analysis on the pharmaceutical and medical device industry. Coverage includes high-stakes litigation and policy developments that affect life sciences companies, as well as licensing deals, mergers, and other corporate transactions.



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Latest News in Life Sciences

  • November 10, 2026

    Oura Buys Healthcare AI Platform In $625M Deal

    Health intelligence platform Oura on Tuesday unveiled plans to acquire artificial intelligence-native primary care company Counsel Health in a $625 million deal.

  • November 10, 2026

    Judge Again Declines Recusal Over Wife's Blank Rome Ties

    The Pennsylvania state judge overseeing the city's Zantac mass tort litigation has again rejected claims that he might have a conflict of interest because his wife's firm represents a defendant in one of more than 500 such cases, pointing out that the case in question has been resolved.

  • November 10, 2026

    Pharma Co. Invatech Can Stay In Chapter 11, For Now

    A New Jersey bankruptcy judge on Tuesday denied the Office of the U.S. Trustee's bid to convert Invatech's bankruptcy to a Chapter 7 as the former generic pharmaceutical group works to wrap up an administratively insolvent Chapter 11.

  • November 10, 2026

    Judge Will Reduce 'Shocking' $88M Mesh Bellwether Verdict

    A Massachusetts federal judge said Tuesday she will reduce an $88 million verdict awarded to an Alabama couple in the first bellwether hernia mesh trial against Medtronic subsidiary Covidien LP, saying the award appeared to be "the product of passion."

  • November 09, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Presses Medytox On Bid To Save ITC Theft Case

    A Federal Circuit judge on Monday appeared perplexed by medical aesthetics provider Medytox Inc.'s position that the U.S. International Trade Commission wrongly rejected its claim that a rival stole its anti-wrinkle technology, saying Medytox's argument "has nothing to do" with the ruling.

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  • 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
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  • Consumer litigation and class actions
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  • 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

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  • 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.
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