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Illinois and Minnesota AGs Join FTC’s Lawsuit Against Private Equity Firm

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Illinois Attorney General (AG) Kwame Raoul and Minnesota AG Keith Ellison have joined the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in a lawsuit to block the acquisition of Surmodics Inc. by GTCR BC Holdings LLC, two major manufacturers...more

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[Podcast] AD Nauseam: Left to Our Own Devices

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In this episode, hosts Amy Mudge and Daniel Kaufman discuss various health-related cases involving medical devices and FTC rulings. They delve into notable cases such as the QRay bracelet, which claimed pain relief through...more

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Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 10, December 2024

Happy Holidays and welcome to our year-end issue of Decoded. We hope you enjoyed reading our technology law insights e-newsletter this year. We are already planning for 2025. ...more

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The Health Record - Healthcare Law Insights, Issue 6, October 2024

Welcome to our sixth issue of The Health Record - our healthcare law insights e-newsletter. In this edition, we take a look at the impact of AI when it comes to diverse health data, the FDA and AI medical devices, Virginia's...more

Alston & Bird

Health Care Week in Review: Texas Judge Blocked FTC Rule Banning Noncompetes; Biden Administration Announced $1.4 Billion for HIV...

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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

McDermott Will & Schulte

Healthcare Regulatory Check-up Newsletter | April 2024 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for April 2024. We discuss several US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agency actions, including the Calendar Year (CY) 2025...more

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FTC Weighs In on Orange Book Listing of Drug-Device Patents

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On March 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") filed an amicus brief in Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R&D, et al. v. Amneal Pharmaceuticals of New York, LLC, et al., 2:23-cv-20964, U.S. District Court for the...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Navigating Healthcare Antitrust in the Biden Era

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It’s no secret that Democrats are traditionally trustbusters, but the Biden Administration is taking things to a whole new level, bringing novel—and arguably weak—cases that nonetheless slow or block tie-ups among healthcare...more

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Cybersecurity: What Businesses Need to Know

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Cybersecurity is a top concern for all industries, particularly for the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. These industries hold some of the most sensitive data and highly valuable technology, making them prime...more

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Collusion & Competition: What Antitrust Means for AI in Health Care

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Health care companies are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to create innovations, set prices, and compete with rivals. At the same time, federal and state antitrust enforcers are finding new ways to apply...more

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Transatlantic Legal-Regulatory Update: Live from the Heart of Silicon Valley

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US and EU Life Sciences Law firms Fieldfisher & Gardner Law recently held a CLE event in Silicon Valley covering Healthcare Compliance, Data Privacy and Regulatory hot topics for MedTech and Pharma companies. Discussion...more

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Medtronic acquires Intersect ENT, sells Fiagon to Hemostasis LLC as required by FTC

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On May 13, 2022, Medtronic, Inc. announced that it completed the acquisition of Intersect ENT, Inc. The transaction was only able to gain approval of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) upon the agreement that Medtronic sell...more

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Medical Device Manufacturers, Beware: FTC Ramps Up Enforcement Against Repair Restrictions

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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently released a policy statement addressing repair restrictions imposed by manufacturers and sellers (“Policy Statement”). The Policy Statement was the result of an FTC workshop...more

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Antitrust Pitfalls: FTC Orders Unwinding of Two-Year-Old Acquisition

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In a unanimous Opinion and Final Order issued on November 1, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) upheld an administrative law judge’s determination that the acquisition by one leading US supplier of lower-limb...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - July 2018 #2

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We have previously reported on the ongoing cybersecurity issues with St. Jude defibrillators [view related posts here, here, and here]. On June 29, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) classified the required firmware...more

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Healthcare Law Update: December 2016

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Prompt Payment Discounts Not an Anti-Kickback Statute Violation - In United States of Am. et al. ex rel. Ruscher v. Omnicare, No. 15-20629, 2016 WL 6407128 (5th Cir. Oct. 28, 2016), the court of appeals affirmed summary...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

The Tech Industry’s Next Frontier?

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Tongue-in-cheek references to Pokémon Go as a health App aside, maybe the tech industry is on to something. In the U.S., seven out of every ten deaths are due to chronic diseases, such as diabetes or heart disease. Perhaps...more

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Could Your Medical Device Be a Hacker’s Gateway into a Hospital Network?

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This has been a big year for health care data breaches. In January, the data of 80 million Anthem members was compromised; in March, a cyberattack exposed the data of 11.2 million Premera BlueCross BlueShield members and...more

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Areas of Unique Legal Concerns and Solutions in Device M&A

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With medical device related acquisitions at all-time highs, and regulatory interest from the Federal Trade Commission, the Food and Drug Administration, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Office of Inspector...more

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Some Useful Insights from Steris-Synergy Merger Case

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The Federal Trade Commission suffered a rare loss when, on Sept. 24, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio denied its request for a preliminary injunction, despite having accepted the FTC’s “actual...more

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Federal Judge in Ohio Accepts Future Competition Theory: Parties Should Proceed with Caution in Deals to Acquire Potential...

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The court’s decision in FTC v. Steris demonstrates the importance of conducting a thorough antitrust analysis of all aspects of a merger or acquisition from every possible angle, including likely future competition. On...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

FDA Promises Guidance on Lawful Off-Label Promotion

In June, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the "FDA") announced that by the end of the year, the agency would issue a draft guidance document addressing the contours of lawful and unlawful off-label promotion. The...more

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