Expert Analysis

Preparing For Broader Calif. Rules On PE Healthcare Deals

California's recent emergency regulations implementing expanded healthcare transaction review requirements, such a... (more story)

DOJ Policy Creates New Defense For Physicians, Health Cos.

The U.S. Department of Justice's recently revised enforcement policy governing agency guidance makes clear that Me... (more story)

FDA Bill Shows Risk Of Inexact Statute Text, Post-Loper Bright

A recent House bill to amend the Food and Drug Administration's drug preclusion framework reveals the increased im... (more story)

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Novo Bets $1.3B On Nanexa Drug Tech Amid Obesity Push

Novo Nordisk has agreed to pay up to about €1.165 billion ($1.3 billion) under an exclusive license and collaboration agreement for Swedish drug-delivery company Nanexa's PharmaShell technology.

Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Latham, McDermott

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Royal Caribbean invests billions in a joint venture with Sandals, Telix Pharmaceuticals buys ITM Isotope Technologies Munich, and Priority Technology makes a go-pri... (more story)

Novartis Beats Patent Listing Suit Over Entresto

A New York federal judge gave Novartis permanent relief from a proposed class action alleging it monopolistically delayed generic competition for its blockbuster heart failure drug Entresto, concluding that th... (more story)

Calif. Appeals Court Revives Antitrust Suit Against Claritev

A California state appeals court held in a published opinion that health insurer reimbursements for services are prices that, if fixed or tampered with, are subject to antitrust scrutiny, reviving a lawsuit th... (more story)

Curium Resets FTC Clock On $8B Lantheus Take-Private Deal

Private equity-backed radiopharmaceutical company Curium reset the clock for the Federal Trade Commission's 30-day review of its plan to acquire fellow radiopharmaceutical company Lantheus Holdings Inc. in an ... (more story)

Inspired Healthcare Seeks OK For $713M Asset Sale

Inspired Healthcare on Tuesday asked a Texas bankruptcy judge to approve the sale of 30 of its senior living communities but to leave for later the question of how the $713 million in proceeds will be split am... (more story)

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Surgical Robot Co. Says 9th Circ 'Expands' Antitrust Law

Intuitive Surgical asked the full Ninth Circuit to reconsider a decision reviving a surgical repair company's claims that it blocked third parties from refurbishing components for its popular da Vinci surgery ... (more story)

Media Backs Hospital Ratings Co. in 1st Amendment Dispute

Big players in the news business are weighing in on an obscure legal clash over a hospital rating system they say could have massive implications for free speech and the American press.

FDA Clears Path For Animal Drug Test Alternatives

Amid lawmaker pressure, the FDA made clear that animal testing isn't required in drug development. Life sciences experts say a new rule doesn't relax evidentiary standards for drug safety and testing.

Del. Judge OKs AI-Bolstered Drug Co.'s Ch. 11 Bid Procedures

A Delaware bankruptcy judge granted his approval Monday to the bidding procedures proposed in the Chapter 11 case of a company that uses artificial intelligence to explore new uses for existing drugs.

Astrana Health Reveals Spoofing Attack Targeting Private Data

An Astrana Health unit was the target of a "series" of social engineering cyberattacks in which hackers impersonated the company's employees to gain access to systems that contained private and confidential in... (more story)

ITC Takes On Patents, Trade Secrets In Large Decision Drop

The U.S. International Trade Commission issued a flood of decisions this week on investigations in which imports are being evaluated to see if they infringe patents or misappropriate secrets, including three c... (more story)

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Courts Rule On Bayer Vax IP Row, Lilly Drug Collab And More

Law360 Healthcare Authority looks at an order allowing Bayer CropScience to pursue patent infringement suits against COVID-19 vaccine makers, a $90 million verdict for Eli Lilly in litigation with a clinical-s... (more story)

Cancer Patients Can't Get Class Status In Proton Beam Suit

A Tennessee federal judge shot down a BlueCross BlueShield health plan member's bid for class certification in his suit claiming the insurer wrongfully denied coverage for a proton beam cancer treatment it dee... (more story)

$95M Nev. Case Provides Clues On Wound Care Enforcement

Federal prosecutors’ recent U.S. v. Dubin indictment, charging a Nevada physician with healthcare fraud over an alleged $95 million Medicare billing scheme involving amniotic wound allografts, provides a clear... (more story)

DOJ Puts FCA Target On Health Data Security Lapses

Government contractors that fail to protect personal health information are on the radar of U.S. Department of Justice officials looking to leverage the False Claims Act, attorneys told attendees at a health l... (more story)

Calif. Expands Reproductive Care, Abortion Access

A series of new laws in California aim to expand access to medication abortion on community college campuses, bolster veterans' access to reproductive care including abortions, and make it easier for nursing p... (more story)

Illinois BCBS Can't Escape $6.6M Claim Repayment Fight

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois must face a specialty pharmacy's contract suit claiming the insurer illegally failed to pay out more than $6.6 million in prescription claim reimbursements for medicines the ... (more story)