Biopharma Co.'s Down-Round IPO May Signal More To Come
Biotech Eikon Therapeutics is preparing for a down-round IPO experts say may serve as a bellwether for how certain life sciences companies get valued in public markets.
Legal Risks Complicate Drugmakers' TrumpRx Participation
Federal watchdog guidance on the soon-to-be-launched TrumpRx website has assuaged some, but not all, concerns about anti-kickback compliance and other legal risks facing drugmakers.
Biotech Fundraising A Good Sign For Public Markets
At the start of what many healthcare attorneys hope will be a busy year, public biotechs are raising cash, signaling a thawing public market and potentially fertile ground for IPOs.
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Hartford HealthCare Corp. must hand over internal documents detailing its $86.1 million acquisitions of two hospitals from bankrupt Prospect Medical to a group of plaintiffs who accuse the health system of try... (more story)
The Georgia Supreme Court said it won't disturb a $6.5 million verdict or an additional $1.8 million attorney fee award in a suit over a botched knee surgery, with one justice clarifying what courts can do reg... (more story)
The Second Circuit found no error in a preliminary injunction pausing over 600 collection actions filed against Geico by a doctor and medical practice accused by the insurer of a scheme to exploit New York's n... (more story)
More than half a dozen healthcare companies posted earnings this week, including big names like Pfizer, Elevance and Roche. Here's what you need to know from earnings this week.
A Second Circuit panel seemed poised Tuesday to find that an anesthesiology practice didn't suffer an antitrust injury in its claim that a United Healthcare unit used its market power in New York to cut reimbursement rates.
Executives and directors of insurance comparison platform SelectQuote were hit with a shareholder's derivative suit accusing them of concealing a kickback scheme currently subject of a False Claims Act suit by... (more story)
Digital Health & Technology More
The Federal Circuit appeared likely to vacate a $12.7 million copyright infringement award against the federal government on Wednesday, pressing attorneys for a software developer and the government to answer ... (more story)
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has shot down Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s challenge to an Ouraring Inc. smart ring patent amid an ongoing legal dispute that has spanned the board, federal district court a... (more story)
In 2025's last quarter, Illinois’ appellate courts weighed in on overlapping homeowners coverages for water-related damages, contractual suit limitation provisions in uninsured motorist policies, and protectio... (more story)
A California federal court's recent holding in Doe v. Eating Recovery Center that Meta is not liable for reading, or attempting to read, the pixel-related transmission while in transit reflects a mismatch betw... (more story)
Brass of Inspire Medical Systems Inc. face shareholder derivative claims they breached their fiduciary duties by concealing issues affecting the launch of the company's latest sleep apnea device, damaging inve... (more story)
The operator of a laser eye surgery website must face a proposed class action alleging it illegally shared patients' confidential medical information with Meta, a California federal judge ruled, finding that t... (more story)
Policy & Compliance More
A Virginia federal judge Wednesday refused to reconsider an order reversing course and throwing out key claims in CareFirst's suit against Johnson & Johnson over the immunosuppressive drug Stelara, calling Car... (more story)
Teva Pharmaceuticals urged a New Jersey federal judge Wednesday to reject a class certification bid by a group of direct buyers of the antidepressant drug Effexor XR and its generic versions, arguing that the ... (more story)
Ascension Health Alliance escaped a former employee's proposed class action alleging a fee on tobacco-using workers' health plans violated federal benefits law, after a Missouri federal judge held the private ... (more story)
An abortion medication manufacturer asserted its right Wednesday to defend mifepristone, moving to intervene in a federal lawsuit over mail-order abortion medication brought by Louisiana alleging that regulato... (more story)
A North Carolina county misapplied state law and violated the state's constitution in retroactively deeming adult care home residents ineligible for state benefits based on a county commissioner's former owner... (more story)
The U.S. Department of Labor's proposal to require pharmacy benefit managers to give employer-provided health plans detailed information on fees and compensation is a welcome development, benefits attorneys on... (more story)