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State AGs Join $202M Settlement Over HIV Drug Kickback

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On July 16, 49 attorneys general (AGs) announced that they joined a $202 million settlement with Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Gilead). Previously announced by the Department of Justice in April, the settlement resolved allegations...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

McDermott HealthEx 2025: McKinsey Key Takeaways

McDermott HealthEx convened more than 1,300 of the most influential leaders in healthcare and life sciences. The event emphasized creativity, transformation, and growth, with sessions dedicated to innovation, AI-powered...more

Hogan Lovells

AI Summit panelists weigh emerging data & privacy risks for novel technology

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Hogan Lovells and the AI Health Care Coalition recently hosted their fourth annual AI Health Law & Policy Summit, where thought leaders and policymakers gathered to discuss a variety of topics including data and privacy...more

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Insights From the 21st Annual McGuireWoods Healthcare Private Equity and Finance Conference: Part 1

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McGuireWoods held its 21st Annual Healthcare Private Equity and Finance Conference in Chicago, May 13-15, 2025. This premier conference brought together leading healthcare investors, lenders, executives, consultants and...more

DLA Piper

DOJ Memo Identifies False Claims Act and Enforcement Risks Related to Gender Transition Medication and Procedures

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Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi has issued a memorandum titled “Preventing the Mutilation of American Children” (the Memo) to select Component Heads of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Released on April 22, 2025, the Memo...more

Jones Day

EU Geopolitical Risk Update - Key Policy & Regulatory Developments No. 120

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This regular alert covers key policy and regulatory developments related to EU geopolitical risks, including in particular, economic security, Russia’s war against Ukraine, health threats, and cyber threats. It does not...more

Goodwin

Securities Litigation Against Life Sciences Companies 2024 Year in Review

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Welcome to our ninth annual report on US securities class actions filed against publicly traded life sciences companies, which include pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and healthcare companies....more

Alston & Bird

FDA Resolves Semaglutide Shortage: Next Steps for Community Pharmacies, Telehealth Companies, and Other Providers

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Now that the shortage of semaglutide injection products has been resolved, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will restrict third parties from compounding the drug. Our FDA/Food, Drug & Device and Health Care Groups have...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Semaglutide Shortage Resolved

On February 21, 2025, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revised its shortage categorization of semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) medication, marking the shortage as “resolved” for all presentations of the...more

Morgan Lewis - As Prescribed

FDA’s Recent Guidance on Accelerated Approval and Implications for Rare Diseases

In honor of Rare Disease Day on February 28, 2025, we will publish a series of posts throughout the month on As Prescribed and Health Law Scan, focusing on issues impacting the rare disease community....more

Smart & Biggar

Minister of Health announces new bilateral agreements with provinces for rare disease drugs

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We previously reported on Canada’s first-ever National Strategy for Drugs for Rare Diseases, which included up to $1.4 billion in funding for provinces and territories, to be negotiated through bilateral agreements. This...more

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Goodwin’s 2025 Rare Disease Symposium: Momentum Builds for Addressing Critical Diagnosis and Treatment Gaps

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Goodwin’s 2025 Rare Disease Symposium, held on February 5 in Boston and virtually, gathered patient advocates and caregivers, providers, researchers, biotech and medtech leaders, investors, and policy experts to discuss the...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Podcast — Drug Pricing: 2025 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference Takeaways and Outlook

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Stakeholders from across the healthcare and biopharmaceutical industry recently convened in San Francisco for the annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. In this episode of our Connected With Latham podcast series,...more

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End of Semaglutide Shortage Means Big Changes for Prescribers and Compounders

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On February 21, the FDA announced that the shortage of semaglutide injection products has been resolved. Semaglutide has appeared on the FDA’s Drug Shortage List since 2022 because demand for the drug exceeded the available...more

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FDA Finalizes Guidance on Scientific Information on Unapproved Uses (SIUU) Communications

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On January 6, 2025, FDA published a final version of its guidance document, “Communications From Firms to Health Care Providers Regarding Scientific Information on Unapproved Uses of Approved/Cleared Medical Products.” This...more

Gardner Law

Breaking the Ice: FDA-Focused Firm Leader Sees Benefits in AI

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Artificial intelligence already is positively affecting health, according to Mark Gardner, MBA, Esq., Founder and Managing Partner, Gardner Law, which represents clients subject to Food and Drug Administration regulations....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

New HHS-OIG Guidance on Sponsored Genetic-Testing Programs

On December 17, 2024, the Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) issued its second favorable advisory opinion involving an arrangement in which a drug manufacturer sponsors genetic...more

Venable LLP

Amgen Launches Wezlana™ as the First Stelara® Interchangeable Biosimilar through Optum’s Nuvaila

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On January 1, 2025, Amgen launched the first interchangeable biosimilar of Janssen / Johnson & Johnson’s Stelara® (ustekinumab), Wezlana™ (ustekinumab-auub), as a private label product through Optum Health’s Nuvaila....more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 2nd Annual Life Sciences AI Summit - February 20th - 21st, New York, NY

Gain firsthand insights from leading in-house experts on the transformative power of AI in the life sciences at ACI's 2nd Annual Life Sciences AI Summit. Discover strategies to navigate the complex legal and regulatory...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FDA Unveils Draft Guidance on Developing Drugs and Biological Products for Weight Reduction

On January 7, the FDA made available draft guidance on the development of drugs and biological products for weight reduction within the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research intended for reduction and long-term maintenance...more

IR Global

9th Circuit Finds That Stromal Vascular Fraction (SVF) Procedures Constitute Treatments As Drugs

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In United States v. California Stem Cell Treatment Center, Inc.[1], the FDA brought a lawsuit against doctors who create and administer a stem cell mixture called stromal vascular fraction (SVF), alleging violations of the...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

The Robins Kaplan Justice Report - January 2025

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For decades, Depo-Provera has been presented as a game-changing contraceptive—a quick injection every three months that promised simplicity and effectiveness. For millions of women worldwide, it seemed like the perfect...more

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Scientific Information on Unapproved Uses of Medical Products: FDA’s Final Guidance on Firm Communication to Health Care Providers

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced final guidance for firms in the medical device and product industry titled, “Communications From Firms to Health Care Providers Regarding Scientific Information...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Healthcare and Life Science Deals Attorneys Expect In 2025

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As the healthcare industry heads into 2025, deals attorneys are optimistic as they look to falling interest rates and a potentially more business-friendly administration set to enter the White House. Originally published...more

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Vital Signs: Digital Health Law Update | Fall-Winter 2024

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We bring you Vital Signs, a curated, one-stop resource on the most notable digital health law updates from our U.S. and global contributors. In Industry Insights, we present a timely discussion about increasing litigation and...more

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