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FDA Guidance May Move Goalposts For Form 483 Responses

New draft guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration provides formal insight on how drug manufacturers ar... (more story)

2 Strands Of Patent Law In High Court's 'Skinny Label' Case

Amarin v. Hikma, which is set for oral argument in the U.S. Supreme Court this month, highlights the distinction b... (more story)

Senior Housing Demands A Distinct Dealmaking Playbook

An aging population and evolving state regulations underscore a critical reality that senior housing assets can un... (more story)

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March's Billion-Dollar Healthcare Deals Signal More To Come

A smattering of billion-dollar M&A transactions could be the kickoff of an exciting period for dealmaking.

The Uncertain Impact Of Medicare Advantage Scrutiny

The federal government's scrutiny of long-recognized concerns about the Medicare Advantage industry is heating up. Experts are watching to see what long-term changes come of it.

ImmunityBio Filmmaker Traded On Insider Tip, SEC Says

A documentary filmmaker who worked for ImmunityBio Inc. will pay the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over $332,000 to end claims she scrambled to sell off her stake in the biotechnology company as it p... (more story)

Law360 Announces The Members Of Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is pleased to announce the formation of its 2026 Editorial Advisory Boards.

Aetna Escapes COVID Testing Payment Suit In Calif.

A Nebraska testing laboratory failed to prove that Aetna underpaid more than $53 million for COVID-19 testing services, a California federal judge has ruled, dismissing the lab's federal racketeering and state... (more story)

FTC Warns About Ending Tenn. Oversight Of Ballad Health

Federal Trade Commission staff has warned Tennessee legislators about the potential harm to patients if they pass a proposal to end the state's oversight of Ballad Health while the hospital system still has a monopoly.

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NY Fertility Clinic Agrees To Settle Suit Over Destroyed Eggs

Less than a month ahead of trial, a New York fertility clinic has agreed to resolve a suit accusing it of negligently allowing a woman's eggs to be destroyed due to alleged mishandling, according to documents ... (more story)

Data Breach Counsel Chided For Flouting NC Court Rules

Two attorneys looking to temporarily helm a series of putative data breach class actions targeting a radiology firm have failed to become interim co-lead class counsel, as a North Carolina Business Court judge... (more story)

Mich. AG Says PBMs Can't Stall Discovery In Drug-Pricing Suit

Michigan's attorney general is urging a federal court to reject a renewed bid by pharmacy benefit managers to pause discovery in an antitrust case accusing them of price-fixing reimbursement rates, claiming th... (more story)

BakerHostetler Adds Davis Wright Privacy Pro In LA

BakerHostetler announced Tuesday it has welcomed data privacy litigator Spencer Persson from Davis Wright Tremaine to its digital assets and data management practice group as partner, bringing in years of expe... (more story)

Ore. Clinic Stuck With Privacy Suit Over LinkedIn Data Sharing

An Oregon federal judge has refused to throw out a putative class action accusing a fertility clinic of deploying tracking technology that illegally transmitted its website visitors' protected health informati... (more story)

A Check-Up On HHS' Push To Implement AI Infrastructure

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has made some headway in its efforts to implement artificial intelligence across its agencies, but will have to overcome a number of near-term tests in order to... (more story)

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AstraZeneca Wants 25 Opt-Ins Axed From Pay Bias Suit

More than two dozen women refused to take part in required discovery and should be removed from a collective action accusing AstraZeneca of paying female pharmaceutical sales representatives less than men, the... (more story)

Whistleblower, Healthcare Operator End Retaliation Suit

A nursing home administrator who participated in a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development whistleblower investigation into alleged false payment claims and a healthcare facility operator agreed to en... (more story)

Faegre Drinker Hires 2 Venable FDA Partners In DC

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has hired two attorneys from Venable LLP who joined that firm in 2023 and focus their practices on helping clients understand U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulatory fram... (more story)

HIV, AIDS Patients End Disability Bias Suit With CVS

CVS Pharmacy Inc. and a group of HIV and AIDS patients have agreed to wrap up a suit claiming the company made it harder for them to get their medication in violation of disability discrimination law, accordin... (more story)

Calif. Dialysis Bill Violates 1st Amendment, 9th Circ. Says

The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday struck down provisions of a California law that aims to restrict dialysis providers' ability to profit from patients receiving health insurance premium assistance from nonprofit ch... (more story)

Pa. Hospitals Accuse Aetna Of Underpaying Medicare Claims

Two Pennsylvania hospital operators have sued Aetna Health Inc. in federal court, alleging the insurer has been improperly denying Medicare Advantage claims for inpatient services, or underpaying, under a new policy.