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?
This monthly report outlines key developments in China’s antitrust sector for June. The following events merit special attention: SAMR Seeks Comments on Provisions for Curbing Acts of Abusing Administrative Power to Eliminate...more
On May 15, 2025, a jury returned a verdict finding Amgen Inc. (“Amgen”) liable for antitrust violations and awarding Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Regeneron”) over $400 million in damages....more
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit explained that ordinarily, when state law contradicts with federal law, the state law may be preempted by the federal law under the US Constitution’s Supremacy Clause. However,...more
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel sued Express Scripts Inc. and Prime Therapeutics LLC, two pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Monday, April 28, 2025....more
On April 16, 2025, EmblemHealth, Inc. (“Emblem”) filed a class action suit in the District Court for the District of Massachusetts against Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Alexion Pharma International Operations Ltd....more
Drug manufacturer Eli Lilly has filed suit against four companies involved in making, prescribing, and/or selling compounded versions of its weight loss and diabetes drugs ZEPBOUND® and MOUNJARO®....more
Pending proposals to amend China's Anti-Unfair Competition Law (AUCL) may further blur the line between antitrust and anti-corruption offenses under China's enigmatic "counterparty bribery" rules. The AUCL, first enacted in...more
Oregon AG Dan Rayfield settled with AbbVie Inc. and Besins Healthcare, Inc. to resolve allegations that the pharmaceutical companies engaged in anti-competitive conduct relating to the sale of testosterone replacement gel in...more
As state legislatures introduce legislation expanding the reach of their antitrust laws and state attorneys general ramp up their use of antitrust investigations and litigation, the legal landscape continues to become more...more
China's State Council issued new Anti-Monopoly Guidelines for the Pharmaceutical Sector (the "Guidelines") effective January 24, 2025. The Guidelines provide a comprehensive framework for the State Administration for Market...more
As we previously reported, JAMP sought leave to commence an application against Janssen under the abuse of dominance provisions of the Competition Act (the Act), relating to ustekinumab (Janssen’s STELARA and FINLIUS). This...more
West Virginia Attorney General (AG) Patrick Morrisey announced a total $17 million settlement agreement with pharmaceutical companies, Pfizer and Ranbaxy after more than a decade of litigation regarding the companies’ alleged...more
On September 23, 2023, the FTC issued a policy statement advising it would be putting market participants on notice that it intends to scrutinize improper Orange Book listings to determine whether such actions constitute...more
On May 15, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan appeared before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government to discuss the agency’s FY 2025 budget request and ongoing...more
As we previously reported, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) filed a lawsuit under the Anti-Kickback Statute against Regeneron Pharmaceuticals in the District of Massachusetts regarding Regeneron’s sales of Eylea...more
As we recently discussed, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) sent warning letters to certain drug manufacturers regarding their purportedly improper listing of device patents in the Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”)...more
On November 7, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent notice letters1 to 10 brand drug manufacturers of drug-device combination products, including drugs delivered by asthma inhalers, epinephrine autoinjectors, and...more
On November 7, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it is challenging more than 100 patents held by 10 branded drug companies as improperly or inaccurately listed in the Food and Drug Administration’s Orange Book. The...more
The Competition Director General has issued a precedent-setting determination against the pharmaceutical marketing company MBI Pharma Ltd. (MBI). The Director General determined that MBI abused its monopolistic position and...more
In Nexus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Central Admixture Pharmacy Services, Inc., 48 F.4th 1040, 1041 (9th Cir. 2022), the Ninth Circuit recently held that the implied preemption doctrine barred state law claims because they were...more
UNIFIED PATENT COURT - The Unified Patent Court (UPC) should become a reality in 2022 or in the first few months of 2023. The Protocol on Provisional Application (PPA) of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (AUPC)...more
As noted in our December 21, 2021 post, Complainants AbbVie Inc., AbbVie Biotechnology Ltd. and AbbVie Operations Singapore Pte. Ltd. filed a complaint at the International Trade Commission against Respondents Alvotech hf.,...more
On July 9, 2021, the Biden administration issued an “Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy” (“EO”) that seeks to “promote the interests of American workers, businesses, and consumers.”1 That same...more
On July 9, 2021, President Joe Biden announced a broad executive order (the “Order”) intended to boost what it characterizes as stagnant competition across the U.S. economy. The Order, among other things, encourages the...more
A Kansas District Court recently reinforced that cases alleging claims outside the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) Transfer Order cannot be employed to broaden the scope of the MDL litigation. In reaching...more