Expert Analysis

Pros And Cons Of FDA's Push For Nonprescription Drugs

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recent moves to shift more prescription drugs to over-the-counter status c... (more story)

Prepping For The Future Of No Surprises Act Enforcement

This year is expected to be a transition point for the No Surprises Act framework from regulatory delay to operati... (more story)

High Court's 'Skinny Label' Case May Tackle Wider Questions

The U.S. Supreme Court's upcoming decision in Hikma v. Amarin will have important ramifications for broader debate... (more story)

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Zantac Investor Class Action Time-Barred, Pa. Judge Rules

The maker of heartburn and acid reflux relief tablet Zantac has defeated a securities fraud class action claiming the company hid for decades the cancer risks associated with the drug, causing a stock price dr... (more story)

Florida Man Pleads Guilty In $24M HIV Drugs Fraud Scheme

The owner of a marketing company in Florida has pled guilty to receiving kickbacks as part of a $24 million scheme to sign up Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries for HIV prophylactic medications they did not need.

Healthcare REIT Picks Up $64M Senior Housing Portfolio

Real estate investment trust National Healthcare Properties Inc. has agreed to buy a $64 million collection of senior living communities to capitalize on the country's aging population and limited supply of ne... (more story)

Fed. Circ. Revives Challenge To Augmented Reality Surgical IP

The Federal Circuit on Tuesday partly revived a patent challenge brought by a medical technology company, overruling the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in saying that there was no motivation for one to combine ... (more story)

Taxation With Representation: Linklaters, Wilson Sonsini

In this week's Taxation With Representation, French electric utility Engie acquires UK Power Networks, Gilead Sciences Inc. buys clinical-stage biotechnology company Arcellx Inc., and The Brink's Co. acquires ... (more story)

Justices Told 'Skinny Label' Case Puts Generic Drugs At Risk

The U.S. government, one named sponsor of the Hatch-Waxman Act, a generic-drug industry group and more have warned the U.S. Supreme Court that a decision that allowed a patent case involving a so-called skinny... (more story)

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Care Management Co. Accused Of Swiping Software Platform

The developer of software used in the Medicare treatment arena has sued a customer care management company in Delaware Chancery Court, accusing it of wrongfully using the platform to create a competing application.

9th Circ. Hesitant To Revive Implant Suit Against Medtronic

A Ninth Circuit panel cast doubt Wednesday on a Washington man's attempt to revive a negligence lawsuit against Medtronic for allegedly not assisting him when his spinal implant malfunctioned, hinting that his... (more story)

FDA Targets Advertising For Knockoff Weight-Loss Meds

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday accused about 30 telehealth companies of illegally marketing compounded weight-loss and diabetes drugs, the agency's latest salvo in a crackdown on direct-to-co... (more story)

FDA's Biosimilarity Guidance Holds Uncertain Implications

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's new draft guidance aimed at simplifying the biosimilarity demonstration process may not be enough to overcome the barriers that have historically constrained biosimilar ... (more story)

AI-Focused Generate Biomedicines Prices $400M IPO

The CEO of Generate Biomedicines, a biotechnology firm using artificial intelligence to develop therapies for immunology and oncology, on Friday rang the Nasdaq opening bell as the company expects to raise $40... (more story)

Health Co.'s 'Success Story' Misstep Holds HIPAA Lessons

Cadia Healthcare Facilities' fall settlement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for improperly disclosing patients' protected health information in online success stories is an instructive e... (more story)

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Perez Morris Taps Ex-Post & Schell Atty To Lead Philly Office

Seven years after expanding into Philadelphia, Perez Morris has brought in a former Post & Schell PC principal and seasoned healthcare litigator to lead the office as its first partner-in-charge.

ERISA Recap: 6 Developments To Remember From Feb.

2ND EDITING, SEP SUM --The Second Circuit refused to boot a former Luxottica worker's proposed class claims into solo arbitration, a Texas federal judge declined to snuff out a tobacco fee suit against 7-Eleve... (more story)

Fla. Lab Pays $980K To Settle Kickback Allegations

A laboratory in Florida agreed to pay $980,000 to resolve allegations that it provided kickbacks to marketers for referring Medicare beneficiaries to use its services, according to a Thursday statement from th... (more story)

CVS Beats Antitrust Suit Over 340B Drug Program, For Good

CVS Health Corp. permanently defeated a proposed antitrust class action alleging it forced hospitals in a discount drug program to use its third-party administrator for savings, when a Pennsylvania federal jud... (more story)

DC Judge Strikes Down 340B Drug Discount Registration Rule

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration cannot reinstate a pre-pandemic policy requiring covered hospitals' offsite facilities to register with the agency in order to access discounted drugs unde... (more story)

Fla. Hospital, EMT Beat Suit Over Unauthorized Trauma Photo

A Miami-area hospital and one of its emergency medical technicians didn't intentionally inflict emotional distress or violate the privacy of the father of a gravely injured motorcycle crash patient when an EMT... (more story)