Expert Analysis

When AI Denies, Insurance Bad Faith Claims May Follow

Two recent rulings from Minnesota and Kentucky federal courts signal that past statements about claims-handling pr... (more story)

Health Insurance Kickback Cases Signal Greater Gov't Focus

A series of recent indictments by federal prosecutors in California suggests that the Eliminating Kickbacks in Rec... (more story)

FDA Transparency Plans Raise Investor Disclosure Red Flags

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recently announced intent to publish complete response letters for unappro... (more story)

Deals & Corporate Governance More

Novartis, Monte Rosa Ink Up To $5.7B 'Molecular Glue' Deal

Novartis is placing a potential $5.7 billion bet on Monte Rosa Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotech company, to develop new treatments for immune-related diseases, Monte Rosa said on Monday. 

Jury Awards Mallinckrodt $9.5M In Nitric Oxide Patent Suit

A Delaware federal jury awarded Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals almost $9.5 million on Friday, finding that French industrial gas company Airgas Healthcare infringed patents covering its inhaled nitric oxide treatment.

9th Circ. Says News Article Doesn't Doom Biotronik FCA Suit

The Ninth Circuit revived a False Claims Act suit alleging that Biotronik orchestrated an illicit compensation scheme to boost the implantation of its cardiac devices in patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center... (more story)

Insulin Makers Ask 2nd Circ. To Rethink Collusion Claims

Sanofi-Aventis US, Eli Lilly & Co., Novo Nordisk Inc. and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP are asking for a rehearing after a Second Circuit panel revived a proposed class action from safety-net hospitals and cl... (more story)

Dental Supply Co.'s $84M Price-Fixing Deal Gets Final OK

Dental supply company Dentsply Sirona Inc. and its investors have gotten final approval for an $84 million deal resolving consolidated shareholder class action claims that the company hurt investors by conceal... (more story)

Freshfields, Kirkland Advise On Advent's $4.7B Zentiva Sale

European generics pharmaceutical company Zentiva will be sold by private equity firm Advent to U.S.-based GTCR, Advent announced Thursday.

Digital Health & Technology More

FTC Urged To Probe Microsoft Over Ascension Data Breach

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is calling on the Federal Trade Commission to open an investigation into Microsoft's "gross cybersecurity negligence" that has allegedly contributed to cyberattacks against critica... (more story)

DexCom Beats Most Of Investors' Diabetes Device Sales Suit

A California judge has trimmed a proposed class action from shareholders of glucose monitor manufacturer DexCom Inc. who allege they were damaged by the company's misrepresentations regarding its ability to ke... (more story)

Particle's Antitrust Battle With Epic: 3 Things To Know

Epic Systems Corp. must face allegations it violated federal law by attempting to monopolize a segment of the electronic health records market to the exclusion of competitor Particle Health Inc. Here's what yo... (more story)

Morgan Lewis Attys Talk Key FDA AI Policies Of 2025

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's internal artificial intelligence tool, new medical device guidance and a warning about wearable technology. Law360 Healthcare Authority explores these and other issues h... (more story)

DOJ's Novel Cybersecurity FCA Case Is A Warning To Medtech

The U.S. Department of Justice's recent False Claims Act settlement with Illumina over alleged cybersecurity deficiencies suggests that enforcement agencies and whistleblowers are focusing attention toward cyb... (more story)

Oura Domestic Labor Investment Won Import Ban, ITC Says

The U.S. International Trade Commission has found that Ouraring Inc.'s commitments in the U.S. to producing its smart ring warranted the agency's decision to block Ultrahuman and RingConn from importing produc... (more story)

Policy & Compliance More

AbbVie Can't Halt Miss. Discount Drug Law, 5th Circ. Says

AbbVie and other pharmaceutical manufacturers that participate in Medicaid cannot preliminarily block a Mississippi law barring their interference with the distribution of discounted prescriptions to pharmacie... (more story)

Ex-Conn. Assistant AG Faces DQ Bid In Price-Fixing Case

Drug companies accused of fixing prices for generics are seeking to disqualify former Connecticut Assistant Attorney General Joseph Nielsen and his law firm from representing insurers in a multidistrict litiga... (more story)

States Push Conn. Court To Ban Generic Drug Price-Fixing

A court order is necessary to prevent pharmaceutical companies and their executives from illegally fixing the prices of generic drugs, a coalition of state enforcers have told a Connecticut federal judge, argu... (more story)

Medicare Drug Pricing Plan Survives Novartis' 3rd Circ. Appeal

The Third Circuit ruled Thursday that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' ability to negotiate "maximum fair prices" with drugmakers doesn't violate their constitutional rights, rejecting an argument... (more story)

Expert's AI Hallucinations Blamed On Attys' 'Willful Blindness'

Utah anesthesiologists facing a False Claims Act fraudulent billing suit doubled down Wednesday on their bid to sanction and disqualify the whistleblower's counsel for not catching an expert witness report wit... (more story)

1st Circ. OKs Freeze Of Planned Parenthood Medicaid Funding

The First Circuit on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to halt Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood and its affiliates, pausing a pair of lower court rulings that had blocked the funding cut.