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Protecting Trade Secrets in FDA Submissions from FOIA Disclosure in the Wake of FDA Layoffs

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In the wake of recent mass layoffs at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), the FDA is likely to have fewer resources to manage its regulatory responsibilities. One area that may be significantly impacted by such...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 12th Annual Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Forum on Cosmetics and Personal Care Products - March 27th - 28th, New York,...

Attend ACI’s 12th Annual Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Forum on Cosmetics and Personal Care Products to stay ahead of the latest environmental and sustainability developments impacting cosmetics and personal care products...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Patenting AI/ML Life Sciences and TechBio Innovations – How Much Disclosure is Sufficient?

In recent years, the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies has sparked a wave of innovation across various sectors, particularly in life sciences. ML technologies have...more

Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph

The GLP-1 Saga Continues: FDA Ends the Tirzepatide Shortage: Frequently Asked Questions

On December 19, 2024, FDA formally announced the end of the tirzepatide shortage in a Declaratory Order issued to Eli Lilly & Co. (“Lilly”). Lilly is tirzepatide’s patentholder and the manufacturer of the two branded versions...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

AI Drug Development: FDA Releases Draft Guidance

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On January 6, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidance titled Considerations for the Use of Artificial Intelligence To Support Regulatory Decision-Making for Drug and Biological Products...more

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AI in Drug Discovery: 2025 Outlook

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Looking forward to the 2025 prediction season, a survey of the emerging AI-powered drug discovery landscape has been making the rounds—and with good reason. The survey, summarized by Stanford’s Chris Bradbury, is likely the...more

MoFo Life Sciences

Patent Vs. Trade Secret Considerations For Cell And Gene Therapies

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Understanding what to patent versus what to keep as a trade secret is an increasingly important and challenging decision facing companies developing biologics products, such as cell and gene therapies, where technologies are...more

Fish & Richardson

Preparing Your Company for Hatch-Waxman

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The Hatch-Waxman Act regulates the relationship between branded and generic drugmakers and attempts to strike a balance between two competing policy interests — encouraging pioneering drug development and facilitating market...more

BCLP

Selected Recent Developments for Public Companies

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Public companies should take note of several recent developments, including: ..Reversal of the Pegasystems trade secrets lawsuit that nevertheless preserves guidance to take care when describing litigation as “without...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Court Finds Access to Botox Trade Secrets and Similarity of Competitor Product Supported Inference of Trade Secrets...

Proving access to and use of trade secrets are core elements in a trade secrets misappropriation case. Recent rulings in a trade secrets action filed by Allergan against its competitor Revance Therapeutics (“Revance”)...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Food and Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update - July 2023 #2

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - FDA Issues Update on Sesame Allergen Labeling - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released an FDA Voices “Catching Up with Califf” update that addresses the practice...more

Epstein Becker & Green

What Do Cancelling Student Loan Debt and Banning Noncompetes Have in Common? The Supreme Court’s Recent Student Loan Decision May...

As we wrote almost exactly a year ago – months before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its proposed noncompete rule – the Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. EPA made it clear that the FTC does not have the...more

Fish & Richardson

ITC Monthly Wrap-Up: February 2023

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Over the past 10 years, the Commission’s 100-day program has evolved from a pilot program launched in 2013 to codification under Rule 210.10(b)(3). Rule 210.10(b)(3) authorizes the Commission to order the Administrative Law...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

And the Band Played On: Reviewing Rule 54(b) Partial Summary Judgment Based on Who Did What to Whom and When

In a case where the cast of characters on both sides of the v. evolved during the lead-up to the litigation as the litigants negotiated third-party deals and formed new entities, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Top Legal Issues Facing the Manufacturing Sector in 2022

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As the global economy faces the third year of the pandemic, manufacturers are no longer focused on figuring out when things will return to “normal.” Instead, they are applying lessons learned from the past few years to become...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 6. In This Month’s E-News: June 2021

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 6 (June 2021) - Clemson University is pushing back against recommendations by auditors for the National Science Foundation Office of Inspector General (OIG) that it repay $276,440,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Trade Secret Protection & the COVID-19 Cure: Observations on Federal Policy-Making & Potential Impact on Biomedical Advances

As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads throughout the United States and Americans anxiously await the arrival of a vaccine, biotech companies are grappling with the uncertainty of patent protection for COVID related biomedical...more

King & Spalding

The Rise in Ghost Kitchens

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The introduction of meal delivery apps, including UberEats, GrubHub and DoorDash, has expanded e-commerce in the food industry and increased the size of the food delivery market. Over the last five years prior to the start of...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Week in Weed: February 2020 #2

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. It was a busy week for the states, as Virginia moved towards decriminalization.  The state House and Senate passed...more

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Allergan Files ITC Complaint Against Evolus to Block Imports of Newly Approved Botox Follow-On

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On January 30, 2019, Allergan and its partner Medytox filed a complaint with the ITC to block imports of Evolus’s follow-on biologic to Allergan’s Botox® (onabotulinumtoxinA injection) product, DWP-450, manufactured by...more

WilmerHale

Federal Circuit Patent Updates - July 2018

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Biodelivery Sciences Intl. v. Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. (No. 2017-1265, -1266, -1268, 7/31/18) (Newman, Lourie, Reyna) - Newman, J. Remanding IPRs so the Board can consider non-instituted claims and grounds per the...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - July 2018 #3

PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK - Polara Engineering Inc. v. Campbell Company, Appeal Nos. 2017-1974, -2033 (Fed. Cir. July 10, 2018) In this wide-ranging opinion, the Court provided a rare and lengthy opinion on the public use...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Navigating Five Key Legal and Regulatory Hurdles to Get and Keep Your Product on the Market

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Food and beverage, drug, medical device, cosmetics, and consumer products companies must navigate a maze of legal and regulatory challenges in order to get and keep their products on the market — from concept, to development,...more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update | March 2018 #2

US, EU Near Agreement on Shellfish Trade - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed to allow the import of raw bivalve molluscan shellfish—including clams, mussels, oysters and scallops—harvested in the...more

Hogan Lovells

FDA to Rely on Drug Inspections Performed by Certain European Regulatory Authorities Beginning November 1, 2017

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Earlier yesterday, FDA announced that it has determined that the regulatory authorities of Austria, Croatia, France, Italy, Malta, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom are “capable of conducting inspections of...more

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