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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

  • April 30, 2026

    Medtronic User Says Data Hack Exposed 9M Client Records

    A Medtronic customer filed a proposed class action Thursday accusing the medical device company of failing to safeguard more than 9 million records containing personally identifiable information — including health information — exposed in a data breach earlier this month.

  • April 30, 2026

    Acadia Investors Get Final OK For $179M Deal, Atty Fees

    A Tennessee federal judge has given final approval to a $179 million settlement between investors and Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc., ending a class action that alleged the company misled investors about the strength of its U.K. operations.

  • April 30, 2026

    Jury Begins Mulling If Doctors Are Liable For Fatal Overdose

    A Philadelphia jury on Thursday began deliberations in a lawsuit accusing two doctors of enabling a 26-year-old man with chronic back pain to become hooked on opioid painkillers and fatally overdose.

  • April 30, 2026

    Trump Taps 3rd Surgeon General Pick, Drops Casey Means

    President Donald Trump nominated his third pick to be surgeon general on Thursday, withdrawing consideration for Casey Means after her confirmation stalled in the Senate. 

  • April 30, 2026

    Crypto Co. Fights Shkreli's Counterclaims In Album Case

    A cryptocurrency company suing "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli over ownership of a coveted Wu-Tang Clan album has asked a Brooklyn federal judge to dismiss his counterclaims, calling his claim seeking a declaration that he didn't steal trade secrets related to the album a "mirror image" of the company's claim saying he did.

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