Expert Analysis

What US Medicine Onshoring Means For Indian Life Sciences

Despite the Trump administration's latest moves to onshore essential medicine manufacturing, India will likely rem... (more story)

A Look At Trump 2.0 Antitrust Enforcement So Far

The first six months of President Donald Trump's second administration were marked by aggressive antitrust enforce... (more story)

FCA Working Group Reboot Signals EHR Compliance Risk

The revival of the False Claims Act working group is an aggressive expansion of enforcement efforts by the Justice... (more story)

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Medical Device Firm GC's Pay Soars After $202M IPO

The general counsel for medical device company Kestra Medical Technologies Inc., which priced a $202 million initial public offering in March, saw her total compensation soar from just under $500,000 during th... (more story)

Eli Lilly's Trademark Suit Not 'Abuse Of Process'

A Washington federal judge has tossed out counterclaims by a pair of clinics being sued for trademark infringement by Eli Lilly & Co., saying the acts of filing the suit and making a settlement demand are not ... (more story)

NJ Fed. Judge Pulls Opinion Flagged With Nonexistent Quotes

A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday withdrew his decision declining to dismiss a securities class action against CorMedix Inc. after an attorney for the biopharmaceutical firm pointed out the opinion conta... (more story)

Medical Device Co. Faces Investor Suit Over Sales Decline

Eye surgery equipment manufacturer RxSight Inc. has been hit with a proposed shareholder class action accusing it of concealing "adoption challenges" and declining sales of its products, which led to a nearly ... (more story)

Yale Wins Bid To Keep $435M Hospital Sale Suit In State Court

A Connecticut federal judge has sided with Yale New Haven Health Services Corp., the state's largest hospital system, in sending a contract suit with a bankrupt hospital seller back to state court, finding tha... (more story)

NY Judge Backs Calif. Bioscience Co. In $15M Arbitration Row

A New York federal judge has ruled that a California-based bioscience company can enforce an arbitration award rejecting a more than $15 million claim asserted by a Hong Kong biopharmaceutical firm, saying the... (more story)

Digital Health & Technology More

FTC May Join Intuitive Surgical Antitrust Appeal

The Federal Trade Commission has asked the Ninth Circuit for extra time to decide if it will weigh in on a $140 million antitrust appeal involving Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci robot.

Eye-Control Wheelchair Tech Targeted In Wash. Co.'s IP Suit

A Washington-based firm that makes devices for individuals with disabilities has launched a lawsuit in federal court claiming a German company exploited its patented technology that allows users to control pow... (more story)

Google, Meta Can't Escape GoodRx Health Data Sharing Suit

Google, Meta Platforms and Criteo largely cannot escape litigation alleging GoodRx improperly shared patients' protected health information with the tech companies, a California federal judge ruled Tuesday.

Becton Dickinson Investors Seek Final OK Of $9M Deal

Investors in medical tech manufacturer Becton Dickinson are seeking final approval of their $9 million deal that will end derivative claims the company was damaged by its attempts to hide regulatory problems r... (more story)

Meta And Menstrual App Maker Violated Privacy, Users Testify

Five named plaintiffs testified Tuesday in a 13 million-member class action alleging Meta and Flo Health illegally collected their private health information and used it for ad targeting, telling a California ... (more story)

Meta Took Data Of 30M Women From Menstrual App, Jury Told

Meta illegally took private health information from over 30 million women who used Flo Health's menstrual cycle app, a lawyer for the plaintiffs told a California jury Monday during opening statements in their... (more story)

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Hospital Must Face Claims Of Mismanaging Retirement Funds

A Colorado federal judge on Thursday said a proposed class action will continue against a hospital over allegations of mismanaging employees' retirement funds after an amended complaint added new allegations a... (more story)

UnitedHealth Discloses DOJ Medicare Civil, Criminal Probes

UnitedHealth Group Inc. has disclosed that it is complying with formal criminal and civil requests from the U.S. Department of Justice, following media reports about investigations into aspects of the insuranc... (more story)

3rd Circ. Rules Philly Injection Site Equals Religious 'Person'

A nonprofit battling government resistance to its planned safe drug injection site in Philadelphia can qualify for religious freedom protections, the Third Circuit said in a precedential opinion on Thursday, r... (more story)

FTC Wants PE Firm's Medical Device Coating Deal Put On Ice

Private equity firm GTCR BC Holdings' $627 million merger with Surmodics will bring the previously fierce competition for medical device coatings to a grinding halt, the FTC says, which is all the more reason ... (more story)

Symbria Workers' $5.9M ESOP Deal Gets Ill. Judge's Final OK

An Illinois federal judge gave his final blessing Tuesday to a $5.9 million settlement between Argent Trust Co. and a group of Symbria Inc. employees who accused the company of mismanaging their employee stock ownership plan.

Bird Marella And Bioscience Client Accused Of $87M Fraud

An investment group that includes a "Toy Story" screenwriter is suing a Culver City, California-headquartered bioscience company and its Bird Marella attorneys in California state court, accusing them of manip... (more story)