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
HHS Policy Changes, Supreme Court Rulings, and the DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 246: The Next Generation of Treatment for Alzheimer's and Parkinson’s with Neal Goodwin and Pawel Krysiak of Jaya Bio
AI Today in 5: August 11, 2025, The ACHILLES Project Episode
False Claims Act Insights - Bitter Pills: DOJ Targets Pharmacies for FCA Enforcement
Key Discovery Points: BYOD Case Law Covering Subpoenas and Employee Handbooks
Daily Compliance News: June 23, 2025, The Is Walmart Cool Edition
Taking the Pulse: A Health Care & Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 239: Understanding the 340B Pricing Program with Chuck Melendi of Disruptive Dialogue
Unexpected Paths to IP Law with Dan Young and Colin White
Navigating Legal Strategies for Covering GLP-1s in Self-Insured Medical Plans — Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 234: Life-Saving Collaboration in the Life Sciences Industry with John Crowley, President & CEO of BIO
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 28: How Life Sciences Companies Can Create a Culture of Compliance When Expanding to the U.S. Market
How Life Sciences Companies Can Create a Culture of Compliance When Expanding to the U.S. Market
Podcast - Hot Topics in FDA Regulation: GLP-1s, LDTs, AI and More
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 231: Advancing the Life Sciences Industry with Kendalle O’Connell of MassBio
Compliance Program Effectiveness: Keep it Streamlined and Strategic
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 26: U.S. Enforcement Trends Targeting Foreign Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturers
Podcast — Drug Pricing: 2025 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference Takeaways and Outlook
Prescribing GLP-1 Medications: Be Aware of Legal Limitations
Podcast — The Growth Rocketship: How BridgeBio’s Hub and Spoke Portfolio Strategy Set the Market for the Future of Biotech — Then, Now, and What’s Next?
Nature of the Case and Issue(s) Presented: Salix holds NDAs for 200mg and 550mg Xifaxan. The 550mg strength product was approved to treat irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea (“IBS-D indication”) and hepatic encephalopathy...more
The Federal Circuit heard oral argument on November 8, 2024, grappling with the issue of what patent claims may properly be listed in the Orange Book. In late 2023, Teva filed a complaint for patent infringement in response...more
The Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984, commonly known as the Hatch-Waxman Act, forms the current framework for the United States’ regulation of drug approvals. The law amended the Food, Drug, and...more
On Friday, January 5, 2024, in a major policy shift, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) authorized Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration’s plan to purchase medicines in bulk for its Medicaid programs,...more
When we think of compounding, which is the process of combining, mixing, or altering ingredients to create a medication specific to the needs of an individual patient, we think of the Cars’ 1978 classic, “It’s All Mixed Up.”...more
Could Help to Streamline Development and Approval - On May 25, 2023, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA” or the “Agency”) announced the availability of a new Draft Guidance for Industry, Generally Accepted Scientific...more
The Act introduces key reforms to the FDA regulatory framework relating to drugs, biological products, and cosmetics, among others. On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023...more
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was signed into law on March 25, 2020. In addition to the $2 trillion made available for medical countermeasure development,...more
FDA recently issued final guidance for industry on citizen petitions and requests for stays of agency action that may delay the approval of certain drug and biological product applications....more
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) recently introduced a bill titled the “Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act of 2018” (HWIA). Sen. Hatch suggests that the HWIA will (i) “restore the careful balance the Hatch-Waxman Act struck to incentivize...more
Congress passes sweeping user fee reauthorization bill to fund increased FDA staffing and support commitments to product review timelines. Key Points: ..Congress authorized FDA to collect increased total annual user...more
Recently Amended FDA Rules Can Affect Settlements in Pharmaceutical Litigations. After more than thirteen years of bureaucratic analysis and rulemaking, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently implemented its new rules...more
The prior approval of a drug containing an active ingredient of the innovator drug is not necessarily a death knell for NCE exclusivity. Originally published in the Intellectual Property and Life Sciences sections of...more
In Amgen v. Apotex, the Federal Circuit held that under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (“BPCIA”), “an applicant must provide a reference product sponsor with 180 days’ post-licensure notice before...more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Janssen Biotech Inc. et al. v. Par Pharmaceutical Inc. et al. 1:15-cv-00679; filed August 3, 2015 in the District Court of...more
Case Name: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. v. Burwell, Civ. No. GJH-15-852, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68230 (D. Md., May 27, 2015) (Hazel, J.) - Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Abilify® (aripiprazole); N/A - Nature...more
Case Name: Classen Immunotherapies, Inc. v. Elan Pharms., Inc., 786 F.3d 892 (Fed. Cir. May 13, 2015) (Circuit Judges Prost and Lourie, and District Judge Gilstrap presiding; Opinion by Lourie, J.) (Appeal from D. Md.,...more
On April 13, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued an Order granting Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development and Commercialization, Inc., and Otsuka America...more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Exela Pharma Sciences, LLC v. EKR Therapeutics, LLC et al. - 5:13-cv-00111; filed August 8, 2013 in the Western...more
In This Issue: Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Fresenius Kabi USA LLC et al.; Trustee's of the University of Pennsylvania v. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; and Pfizer Inc. et al. v. Lupin Ltd. et al.....more
[Ed. The Supreme Court heard oral argument today in Federal Trade Commission v. Watson Pharmaceuticals. While Patent Docs will provide analysis regarding the oral argument in a subsequent post, we provide the following...more