Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 247: Reimagining Cell Therapy for Solid Tumors with Ming-Wei Chen and Fangheng Zhou of RephImmune
The Classification of Gasoline & Gasoline Fumes as a Carcinogen: Considerations for Corporate Executives & Attorneys
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 237: Tackling Cancer with Cellular Immunotherapy with Dr. Leonardo Ferreira of Torpedo Bio
Taking the Pulse: A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 235: Revolutionizing Cancer Care with Eric Perrault of Kiyatec
Episode 230: Innovations in Cancer Treatment with Dr. Ray DuBois of MUSC Hollings Center
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 225: Cancer Care Access & Treatments with Dr. Sengar of Alabama Cancer Care
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 214: Pharma Manufacturing in North Carolina with Ed Hernandez of Eli Lilly
Meeting Cancer Reporting Requirements
Podcast - Counsel That Cares - The Value of Value-Based Cancer Care
Episode 150 - Jane Pine Wood, Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, BioReference
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 136: Dr. Amy Curtis, Radiation Oncologist, Gibbs Cancer Center & Research Institute
The Rare Air of Elevation Oncology: Raising Nearly $200M in 2 Years, with CEO Shawn Leland
Federal Appeals Court Hears Arguments on CAR T-Cell Therapy Patent Dispute
Unfortunately, the risk of a cancer diagnosis is a very real concern with many common (and not-so-common) medications. While drug companies have a legal duty to ensure that their medications are safe, these companies don’t...more
The medications we take are supposed to protect our health and help us recover from serious illnesses and injuries. Unfortunately, this doesn’t always happen. Some medications cause more harm than good. Dangerous and...more
On March 19, 2025, Shanghai Henlius Biotech announced that the FDA has granted Orphan Drug Designation for HLX22, an anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody, for the treatment of gastric cancer. HLX22 binds to HER2 extracellular...more
On 15 January 2025, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it will revoke the color additive authorization for use of FD&C Red No. 3 in food (including dietary supplements) and ingestible drugs. This ban...more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revoked its authorization for the use of FD&C Red No. 3, also known as Red Dye No. 3. Issued on January 15, 2025, the ban will go into effect for food (including dietary...more
On November 20th, Jazz Pharmaceuticals announced that the FDA has approved ZIIHERA® (zanidatamab-hrii) on an accelerated basis for the treatment of adults with previously treated, unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive (IHC...more
What Are ADCs and Why Are They Growing? Over the past few years economic headwinds have resulted in fewer deals, with companies and private equity firms alike reassessing where to spend money. But one portion of the...more
On August 1, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) issued an untitled letter to Mirati Therapeutics Inc., a Bristol Myers Squibb Co. (Mirati), relating to promotional...more
Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are typically composed of a monoclonal antibody attached to a cytotoxic drug via a chemical linker. The antibody is able to identify biomarkers on and attach to cancer cells, allowing targeted...more
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more
Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are a promising class of cancer treatments with an accelerating number of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approvals and rapidly growing market size, as discussed in previous articles in...more
Over the past few years economic headwinds have resulted in fewer deals, with companies and private equity firms alike reassessing where to spend money. But one portion of the pharmaceutical industry is bucking this trend in...more
HHS Cybersecurity Performance Goals and the Healthcare Industry - The healthcare industry is a major target for cyberattacks because of all of the personal information collected from patients. Recognizing that the healthcare...more
What is the latest with the CPAP lawsuits? As 2022 begins, the thoughts of sleep apnea patients and their families are, naturally, returning to the Philips CPAP machine recall 2021....more
Alpha Tau Medical Ltd. (“Alpha Tau”) is a medical technology start-up focused on the research, development, and commercialization of its Alpha DaRT (Diffusing Alpha-emitters Radiation Therapy) treatment for solid cancerous...more
On Feb. 5, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval for a new CAR T-cell therapy, Breyanzi® (lisocabtagene maraleucel), to Juno Therapeutics, a subsidiary of Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS). Breyanzi® is...more
Update: In the Mid-year update: Health products approved in 2021, Health Canada reported the approval of two additional cancer drugs in collaboration with Project Orbis partners between January and June 2021 – Retevmo...more
Innovative technologies are being deployed to address the Western world’s major killer: cancer. Traditionally, cancer treatment has included surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, but recently, the development of targeted...more
On August 26, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Foundation Medicine, Inc.’s Foundation One® Liquid CDx, a quantitative next-generation sequencing (NGS) test that can detect mutations using circulating...more
After a decade or more of research suggesting that the HPV vaccine could be effective in protecting against certain types of head and neck cancer, the FDA has finally given approval for this application of Gardasil 9, the...more
It was no April Fool’s Day joke when the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) issued a news release requiring the recall of every single ranitidine drug on the market. Ranitidine, commonly known as Zantac, an...more
Is BELVIQ adding to patient cancer risks? In February of 2020, an announcement was made that the weight loss drug lorcaserin (sold under brand names BELVIQ and BELVIQ XR) would be voluntarily withdrawn from the market in...more
CAR T-Cell therapy, a new biologic therapy, is taking off. As companies continue to develop this new and promising therapy, patent litigation inevitably follows. ...more
Litigation Update - On January 30, 2020, class action, consumer protection and pharmaceutical lawyers from around the country will be in federal court in Tampa, Florida to argue before a panel of federal judges whether...more
A last-minute deal between defendants McKesson, Cardinal Health, AmerisourceBergen, and Teva and plaintiffs’ attorneys means that multidistrict opioid epidemic litigation set to kick off in Ohio federal court today will not...more