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Vaccine Suspension: FDA Leans Into Its Withdrawal Toolbox, But Will It Invite Challenges?

On August 22, 2025, FDA suspended the biologics license for Ixchiq, one of only two marketed chikungunya vaccines. The decision to suspend comes only a few weeks after FDA approved a Safety Labeling Change supplemental...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Alabama Board of Pharmacy Issues Non-Disciplinary Fine Schedule

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On August 20, 2025, the Alabama Board of Pharmacy (the “Board”) issued its long-awaited non-disciplinary penalty schedule via emergency rulemaking. The rule went into effect immediately and will expire on December 18, 2025....more

The Volkov Law Group

Checking In with Trump’s DOJ On Antitrust Enforcement

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The Trump Administration’s handling of antitrust enforcement issues is generally viewed as a wild-card — meaning there are issues of concern or focus that may not fit the “traditional” antitrust enforcement model. Depending...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | July 2025 Recap

This issue of McDermott Will & Schulte’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for July 2025, including the results of the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, DOJ...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Antitrust In Flux: What's Shaping the Life Sciences Industry

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Under the current administration, there have been significant shakeups at the antitrust enforcement agencies, including the FTC and the DOJ Antitrust Division, which have led to uncertainty regarding enforcement priorities....more

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Despite SEC's Sophisticated Methods of Detection, Insider Trading Continues in the Life Sciences Industry

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Many publicly traded companies in the life sciences industry are involved in the development of new drugs, devices, diagnostics, and medicines. These drugs and other life science products are subject to the FDA regulatory...more

Fish & Richardson

ITC Lightens Domestic Industry Requirement for Trade Secret Complainants

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The International Trade Commission recently issued an opinion in a trade secret-based investigation, Certain Selective Thyroid Hormone Receptor-Beta Agonists, Processes for Manufacturing or Relating to Same, and Products...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

[Webinar] Second Annual Health Care Fraud Symposium - December 10th, 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm ET

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Heath care fraud remains a top priority for the DOJ. This year’s National Health Care Fraud Takedown was the biggest in United States history, resulting in the prosecution of 324 defendants in connection with over $14.6...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Highlights from the 2025 NAAG Presidential Summit

In early August, the National Association of Attorneys General, led by its 2025 President, New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella, hosted the Presidential Initiative Summit in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. General...more

ArentFox Schiff

Investigations Newsletter: Texas Alleges That Eli Lilly Patient Assistance Programs Violates AKS

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Texas Alleges That Eli Lilly Patient Assistance Programs Violates AKS - The state of Texas and Health Choice Alliance, LLC filed a complaint alleging that pharmaceutical manufacturer Eli Lilly & Company, Inc. violated the...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

HHS Policy Changes, Supreme Court Rulings, and the DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group

In this episode, Alan Minsk, AGG Food & Drug practice chair and Life Sciences co-chair, and Brian Stimson, co-chair of the Healthcare practice and former acting general counsel and principal deputy general counsel of the U.S....more

Cozen O'Connor

TX AG Prescribes Legal Action Against Eli Lilly for Alleged Kickbacks

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Texas AG Ken Paxton has sued pharmaceutical manufacturer Eli Lilly for allegedly bribing and illegally inducing medical providers to prescribe and continue prescribing several Lilly drugs—including GLP-1 medications Mounjaro...more

Goodwin

Antitrust Life Sciences Quarterly Update 2025 Q2

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The first half of 2025 has seen an acceleration of M&A activity, including large-scale life sciences transactions, such as Merck’s $3.9 billion acquisition of SpringWorks, Sanofi’s $9.5 billion acquisition of Blueprint...more

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Federal and State Agencies Ramp Up Scrutiny of the GLP-1 Drug Market

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Overview - As demand for GLP-1 drugs continues to skyrocket, federal and state agencies are turning their attention to the GLP-1 market and ramping up efforts to address the perceived risks associated with counterfeit and...more

Carlton Fields

Agency Actions, Trade Deals, and Other Initiatives to Further Executive Order Goals for the Pharma Industry

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The Trump administration has issued numerous pharma-focused executive orders, including “Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans First,” “Regulatory Relief to Promote Domestic Production of Critical Medicines,”...more

Cozen O'Connor

Weighty Penalty for Bootleg GLP-1 Drug Sales

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Connecticut AG William Tong announced a settlement with Triggered Brand following allegations that the company unlawfully advertised and sold counterfeit GLP-1 weight loss drugs in violation of state consumer protection laws....more

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GLP-1 Drugs: Ohio Board of Pharmacy Issues FAQs for Compounders

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Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top In spring 2025, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) resolved and ended the GLP-1 medications shortage, subsequently releasing declaratory orders that neither...more

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[Podcast] Talkin’ Trade: Unpacking Recent ITC Trade Secret Misappropriation Case Law

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On this episode of Ropes & Gray's ITC-focused podcast series, Talkin' Trade, IP litigators Matt Rizzolo, Matt Shapiro, and Lara Ameri break down the ITC’s recent decision in Investigation No. 337-TA-1352, a case involving...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

European Commission Tightens Law Enforcement on Pharmaceutical Cartels

In July 2025, the European Competition Commission imposed a EUR 489,000 fine on Alchem International Pvt. Ltd. and its Hong Kong subsidiary for their involvement in a pharmaceutical cartel involving the active ingredient used...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

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

Dacheng

China’s Landmark Merger Unwind: Unpacking the Wuhan Yongtong/Shandong Huatai Case from a Practitioner’s Perspective

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Since China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) was implemented in 2008, the nation has reviewed over 6,000 concentrations. While most were cleared unconditionally and conditional decisions primarily involved behavioral remedies, an...more

A&O Shearman

Pharma company challenges the US False Claims Act: what’s at stake for whistleblowers and government enforcement?

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A pharmaceutical company is currently appealing a record USD1.6 billion judgment in the US, arguing that a key part of the US False Claims Act (FCA) is unconstitutional. This case, now before the Court of Appeals for the...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

First Circuit Decision Regarding Anti-Kickback Statute Standard Widens Circuit Split and Creates Potential for Supreme Court...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, in United States v. Regeneron, has joined the Sixth and Eighth Circuits in adopting the “but-for” standard to find that a violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) triggers...more

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[Podcast] Patient Assistance Programs: Enforcement Trends and Regulatory Challenges

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On this Ropes & Gray podcast, health care partner Michael Lampert and counsel Sam Perrone, and litigation & enforcement partner Andrew O’Connor, rejoin to discuss patient assistance programs, recent enforcement actions, and...more

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China's Inaugural Merger Control Litigation: Tobishi v. SAMR and Its Practical Impact

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Since the Anti-Monopoly Law came into effect in 2008, China has established a merger control regime now administered by the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR). Transactions that meet the notification...more

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