Life Sciences

  • April 14, 2026

    Omnicare OK'd For Ch. 11 Auction With $250M Base Bid

    Pharmacy services provider Omnicare's choice of a $250 million stalking horse bid for its assets was approved Tuesday by a Texas bankruptcy judge, setting up a possible auction in May.

  • April 13, 2026

    Oracle Wins TRO Against Ex-Worker Threatening Secrets Sale

    A North Carolina federal judge Monday issued a temporary restraining order barring a recently laid-off Oracle sales employee from disclosing trade secrets that the software firm alleges he has threatened to sell to the "highest bidder" unless he receives an "unreasonable" fee.

  • April 13, 2026

    Citron's 'Shadowy Gang' Sued Over Short Selling Campaign

    Shareholders of PolarityTE have alleged in a new suit that "members of a shadowy gang of short sellers" conspired to short the biotechnology company's stock through targeted negative media attacks with Citron Research to enrich themselves at the expense of the shareholders, and that they ultimately caused the company's bankruptcy.

  • April 13, 2026

    Ill. Judge Wants More Proof To Recalculate Kickback Damages

    An Illinois federal judge tasked with recalculating damages from a home health company's referral kickback scheme said Monday that she needs more complete and reliable evidence to help determine the appropriate amount, but allowed the government to continue offsetting Medicare payments as part of its judgment collection bid.

  • April 13, 2026

    FTC Ends Teen Height Growth Supplement Claims

    A supplement maker and its owners agreed to pay $750,000 to end claims they misled customers into thinking their products could make their children taller, the Federal Trade Commission announced on Monday.

  • April 13, 2026

    Del. Judge Ends 80K Pre-2026 Zantac Cases

    A Delaware state court on Monday dismissed more than 80,000 suits filed before December alleging that Boehringer Ingelheim's discontinued heartburn medication Zantac caused cancer, following a Delaware Supreme Court ruling on admissibility of the plaintiffs' experts.

  • April 13, 2026

    Obesity Drugmaker Leads 2 Biotech Startups Eyeing IPOs

    Two biotechnology startup companies on Monday filed plans for their public debuts, with obesity-focused Kailera Therapeutics planning to raise an estimated $500 million in its initial public offering and protein biomarker detection platform Alamar Biosciences planning to raise around $150 million.

  • April 13, 2026

    Mylan Can't Revive Copaxone Antitrust Claims Against Teva

    A New Jersey federal judge sided Monday with a special master's recommendations to nix some of the parallel claims from Mylan and retailers like Walgreens accusing Teva of using regulatory deception, false advertising, improper rebates and more to delay generic competition to its Copaxone multiple sclerosis treatment.

  • April 13, 2026

    Hikma Tells Justices Cox Ruling Boosts 'Skinny Label' Case

    Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that the justices' recent decision clearing an internet company in a copyright case bolsters the drugmaker's challenge to a patent suit over its generic version of an Amarin Pharma Inc. heart drug.

  • April 13, 2026

    VC Apple Tree Seeks $7M As Judge Mulls Ch. 11 Funding Fight

    Biotech investor Apple Tree Life Sciences Inc. asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to let it use $7 million from a larger funding motion she has yet to rule on, saying it needs the money for operating expenses and drug development costs.

  • April 13, 2026

    AI Cardiac Imaging Co. Hits Ex-Consultant With IP Suit

    Artificial intelligence-powered cardiac imaging company Heartflow Inc. filed patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation claims on Monday against a competitor founded by a former consultant who, the company says, lifted technological trade secrets while he was under contract.

  • April 13, 2026

    Inventors Face Bayh-Dole Act Reporting Issues, GAO Says

    Universities and businesses that hold on to patent rights after receiving federal funds for developing the inventions have pointed to problems with the reporting requirements, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

  • April 13, 2026

    Texas GLP-1 Compounder Caused Mom's Death, Family Says

    A Houston compounding pharmacy misled consumers by marketing its weight loss and diabetes drugs as safe and pharmaceutical-grade while selling contaminated medicines, a deceased Texas woman's family claims in a wrongful death lawsuit, alleging the drugs led to the woman's death. 

  • April 13, 2026

    11th Circ. Backs FDA's Ban Over Drug Tester's Conviction

    The Eleventh Circuit on Monday backed a U.S. Food and Drug Administration order barring a former pharmaceutical worker from future interaction with the agency after she was convicted of lying during an investigation of her company, rejecting her bid for judicial review of the decision.

  • April 13, 2026

    Chamber, Other Biz Groups Back Insulin Cos. At High Court

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up an appeal from Sanofi-Aventis, Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and AstraZeneca, arguing the Second Circuit's revival of an antitrust suit risks opening up liability just for trade group membership.

  • April 13, 2026

    Ex-Med Spa Workers Settle Conn. Poaching Claims

    A Connecticut medical spa has settled a state court lawsuit accusing two former employees of luring clients and a colleague to a similar facility less than six miles away, court records show.

  • April 10, 2026

    Medtronic Can't Ax $382M Trial Loss, Applied Medical Says

    Applied Medical Resources Corp. has urged a California federal court to reject Medtronic Inc.'s attempt to ditch its roughly $382 million antitrust trial loss, arguing that Medtronic is simply repeating "erroneous legal arguments this court already rejected."

  • April 10, 2026

    Chest Binders Become Latest Front In Anti-Trans Litigation

    Chest binders — medical devices that can be used by individuals experiencing gender dysphoria or who want a more gender-neutral alternative to bras — have emerged as the newest target in an unfolding regulatory and legal climate that transgender advocates describe as an overtly partisan political attack against a type of product that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has deemed the least risky.

  • April 10, 2026

    Chinese Scholar Gets Time Served For Smuggling E. Coli DNA

    A Chinese postdoctoral research associate at Indiana University was sentenced to time served on Wednesday by an Indiana federal judge, spending more than four months in custody on smuggling charges for shipping an E. coli sample from China into the U.S. and lying about it when questioned by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents. 

  • April 10, 2026

    NJ Justices Won't Review Beasley Allen's DQ From Talc Cases

    The New Jersey Supreme Court has declined to review a lower court's order booting the Beasley Allen Law Firm from multicounty litigation in the Garden State over Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder, according to an order made public Friday.

  • April 10, 2026

    Drugmakers Can Intervene In Texas, Fla. Abortion Drug Suit

    A federal judge Friday allowed abortion medication manufacturers GenBioPro Inc. and Danco Laboratories to intervene in litigation brought by the states of Texas and Florida seeking to undo a slew of federal regulations concerning the abortion drug mifepristone.

  • April 10, 2026

    Elevance Can't Nix Suit Over GLP-1 Coverage For Sleep Apnea

    An Indiana federal judge declined to toss a proposed class action claiming Elevance Health Inc. illegally denied coverage for a GLP-1 weight loss medication that was prescribed to treat sleep apnea, ruling that the insurance company is the right party to answer to the allegations at play.

  • April 10, 2026

    Taxation With Representation: Goodwin, CMS, Wilson Sonsini

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Gilead Sciences Inc. acquires clinical-stage biotechnology company Tubulis GmbH, private equity firm Court Square Capital Partners closes a multibillion-dollar fund and Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. buys rare-disease drugmaker Soleno Therapeutics Inc.

  • April 10, 2026

    Ill. Jury Adds $17M Punitive Award To Baby Formula Verdict

    Illinois jurors on Friday slapped another $17 million in punitive damages atop the $53 million they awarded the previous afternoon to four mothers who accused Abbott Laboratories of selling preterm infant formula that contributed to a serious and often fatal gut condition their babies developed.

  • April 09, 2026

    Yale Medical School Can't Nix Fraudulent Insemination Suit

    Yale can't escape a negligence suit by onetime patients alleging its former fertility doctor secretly inseminated them with his own sperm, after a Connecticut judge said that a letter from an anonymous doctor, which is mandated by law to support their claims, met the statutory requirements.

Expert Analysis

  • Key Trends For Life Sciences Cos. To Watch In 2026

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    Following a year of drastic change at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, two themes are likely to drive the coming year — a commitment to lowering the cost of drugs and an inherent tension between the priorities of the health agencies and the broader administration, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Series

    Muay Thai Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Muay Thai kickboxing has taught me that in order to win, one must stick to one's game plan and adapt under pressure, just as when facing challenges by opposing counsel or judges, says Mark Schork at Feldman Shepherd.

  • The Next Pressure Point In Digital Health: Informed Consent

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    Two new federal digital health initiatives will usher in a new era where virtual care, software-enabled devices and home-based monitoring are integrated into care and reimbursement models, with the impact of shifting rules and opportunities felt most immediately in the context of informed consent, says Kimberly Chew at Husch Blackwell.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Intentional Career-Building

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    A successful legal career is built through intention: understanding expectations, assessing strengths honestly and proactively seeking opportunities to grow and cultivating relationships that support your development, say Erika Drous and Hillary Mann at Morrison Foerster.

  • Trending At The PTAB: The Policies That Are Redefining IPR

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    The evolution of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's inter partes review institution regime last year, coupled with the policy considerations behind that evolution, marks a shift toward greater gatekeeping of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's resources and patent enforcement rights, say attorneys at Finnegan.

  • 4 Trends Shaping Drug And Medical Device Law For 2026

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    2025 saw some significant legal developments with potential impact for drug and device manufacturers, ranging from growing skepticism in science and regulatory entities to new regulation of artificial intelligence, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

  • Trending At The PTAB: The Journey Of IPR Institution In 2025

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    Over the course of 2025, inter partes review institution at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board evolved into a more restrictive, policy-driven regime with reshaped discretionary briefing and assessment, and increasing procedural requirements, say attorneys at Finnegan.

  • A Meaningful Shift In FDA's Biosimilarity Analysis

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    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's potential pivot away from routinely requiring comparative efficacy studies for interchangeable biosimilar applications would not lower regulatory standards, but instead allow applicants to allocate resources toward establishing more probative evidence, says Theodore Thompson at Stinson.

  • 4 Developments That Defined The 2025 Ethics Landscape

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    The legal profession spent 2025 at the edge of its ethical comfort zone as courts, firms and regulators confronted how fast-moving technologies and new business models collide with long-standing professional duties, signaling that the profession is entering a period of sustained disruption that will continue into 2026, says Hilary Gerzhoy at HWG Law.

  • Navigating AI In The Legal Industry

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    As artificial intelligence becomes an increasingly integral part of legal practice, Law360 guest commentary this year examined evolving ethical obligations, how the plaintiffs bar is using AI to level the playing field against corporate defense teams, and the attendant risks of adoption.

  • How Fractional GCs Can Manage Risks Of Engagement

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    As more organizations eliminate their in-house legal departments in favor of outsourcing legal work, fractional general counsel roles offer practitioners an engaging and flexible way to practice at a high level, but they can also present legal, ethical and operational risks that must be proactively managed, say attorneys at Boies Schiller.

  • 2025 Legal Milestones That Will Shape Psychedelics Sector

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    As 2025 draws to a close, psychedelic drug development stands at an inflection point, experiencing unprecedented momentum through recent sweeping regulatory changes and landmark clinical milestones, amid rapidly evolving regulatory expectations, say Odette Hauke at Odette Alina LLC and Kimberly Chew at Husch Blackwell.

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    Nature Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Nature photography reminds me to focus on what is in front of me and to slow down to achieve success, and, in embracing the value of viewing situations through different lenses, offers skills transferable to the practice of law, says Brian Willett at Saul Ewing.

  • What Defense Teams Must Know About PFAS Testing Methods

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    Whether testing for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances produces results meaningful for litigation depends on the validity of the sampling methodology — so effectively defending these claims requires understanding the scientific and legal implications of different PFAS testing protocols, say attorneys at Hollingsworth.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Practical Problem Solving

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    Issue-spotting skills are well honed in law school, but practicing attorneys must also identify clients’ problems and true goals, and then be able to provide solutions, says Mary Kate Hogan at Quarles & Brady.

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