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Wound Care Industry Should Expect Data-Driven Scrutiny

The U.S. Department of Justice's recent update on its healthcare fraud takedown efforts indicate that the wound ca... (more story)

Legal Risks Of Using AI To Screen Psychedelic Trial Patients

Though using artificial intelligence to preemptively identify drug trial participants likely to experience placebo... (more story)

How 6th Circ. Tightened NLRB Injunction Standard

The Sixth Circuit's recent ruiling in Kerwin v. Trinity Health Grand Haven Hospital, dissolving a Section 10(j) in... (more story)

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Chubb, Lloyd's Units Seek Further Win Against Opioid Suits

Chubb, Liberty Mutual and Lloyd's of London units and other insurers urged a Pennsylvania federal court to find that they don't owe any additional coverage to bankrupt pharmaceutical company Endo International... (more story)

United Therapeutics Buys Thymmune For Up To $300M

Biotechnology firm United Therapeutics Corp. on Thursday revealed that it has agreed to buy a preclinical-stage biotech company focused on thymic cell therapies in a deal worth up to $300 million.

Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review

The U.S. Supreme Court's stark ideological divisions were on full display this term, particularly as it issued long-awaited rulings in the last few days of June. Here, Law360 dives into the numbers behind this court term.

Ipsen Buying Memo Therapeutics For Up To $800M

French drugmaker Ipsen said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire Swiss biotechnology company Memo Therapeutics AG in a deal that could be worth more than €700 million ($796.6 million), expanding its pipeline of ... (more story)

Healthcare Deals This Week: Merck, Novartis And More

It was deal after deal this past week, as Big Pharma continued to scoop up companies.

Health Attys Talk Cooperation In Gov't Fraud Investigations

For attorneys defending healthcare clients hit with grand jury subpoenas and other enforcement actions investigating potential cases of fraud, cooperation with federal prosecutors is key.

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Sinclair Convinces Ga. Panel To Sink Doctor's Defamation Suit

A Georgia appellate panel sided with media conglomerate Sinclair Broadcast Group and a nurse who was interviewed about alleged forced sterilizations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees, sayin... (more story)

Patients Say Colo. Health Network Didn't Secure HIV Data

A Colorado healthcare organization that operates as the state's largest source of services and programs for people impacted by HIV did not protect patients' private information in a cyberattack, according to t... (more story)

Meta Fails To Knock Out BIPA Voiceprint Privacy Claims

A California federal judge has refused to let Meta Platforms Inc. escape an Illinois woman's proposed class claims that Meta collects "voiceprints" in violation of Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act, ... (more story)

Steps For Employers After 7th Circ. BIPA Retroactivity Ruling

The Seventh Circuit's recent ruling in Clay v. Union Pacific sharply limits per-scan statutory damages theories in pending Biometric Information Privacy Act cases by retroactively applying a 2024 amendment, bu... (more story)

Planned Parenthood Sent Patient Data To Google, Suit Says

Planned Parenthood and regional affiliates were hit with a proposed class action alleging they use hidden tracking tools on their website and patient portals to transmit sensitive sexual and reproductive healt... (more story)

Stryker Says Data Breach Suit Built On Speculation

Michigan-based medical technology company Stryker Corp. has asked a federal judge to toss a proposed class action over a March cyberattack, arguing the former and current employees suing the company cannot sho... (more story)

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Judge Questions Imminent Harm In Light Of Valid Passport

A district judge on Thursday questioned whether a transgender woman suing the government over a new federal policy targeting gender identification was facing an impending threat since her passport with her cho... (more story)

CMS Proposes Cut To Hospitals' 340B Drug Reimbursements

Federal health officials on Thursday proposed a Medicare spending plan that would slash reimbursement for hospitals participating in the 340B drug pricing program and reduce how much all hospitals receive for ... (more story)

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Gov't Officials Tout Unprecedented Healthcare Fraud Push

It's been an unprecedented year for healthcare fraud enforcement, senior government officials from the U.S. Justice Department and Department of Health and Human Services told conference attendees gathered in ... (more story)

Alibaba Cos. Ink $600M Nonprosecution Deal Over Drug Sales

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and its U.S.-based payment processor AUS Merchant Services Inc. will avoid prosecution and pay $600 million to end the U.S. Department of Justice's allegations that they allowed merc... (more story)

Big Pharma Cos. Want 340B Drug Price FCA Suit Tossed

Four major pharmaceutical companies Wednesday urged a California federal court to toss False Claims Act allegations revived by the Ninth Circuit claiming they filed false ceiling prices for drugs and overcharg... (more story)

Amgen Wins Order Blocking Colorado's Enbrel Price Cap

Colorado is preliminarily blocked from enforcing its price cap on Amgen's rheumatoid arthritis drug Enbrel, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying the biotech company is likely to succeed on its claim that fe... (more story)

8th Circ. Keeps Missouri's 340B Contract Pharmacy Law Alive

The Eighth Circuit declined Wednesday to temporarily block a Missouri law that bars drugmakers from imposing restrictions on federally funded providers that contract with pharmacies to distribute discount drug... (more story)