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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
Wilson Sonsini's 2024 Technology and Life Sciences IPO Report provides in-depth analysis on 33 initial public offerings (IPOs) completed by U.S.-based technology and life sciences companies in 2024 with deal values exceeding...more
Various biotech companies have completed or launched their IPOs so far in 2025. As of early February, five sizeable life sciences companies have priced their IPOs and one has filed to go public soon. ...more
Although the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has created many opportunities and breakthroughs for life sciences companies in preclinical and clinical development, risks associated with the use of AI cannot be ignored....more
Morrison Foerster Investigations + White Collar Defense partner Nate Mendell, former Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, hosted the fifth episode of When Your Life Sciences Are on the Line, where leading...more
Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update. This issue contains news on...more
Spotlight - Macquarie Ruling Raises the Bar for Securities Fraud Claims - Key Points - - On April 12, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversed and vacated the Second Circuit’s decision in Macquarie...more
Securities Class Actions Show No Signs of Slowing in 2024 - Key Points - While the volume of securities class actions filings has remained consistently elevated over the past several years, the composition of the class...more
The oversight obligations of boards continue to expand. Recent enforcement actions and new laws in areas such as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and supply chains create new challenges for boards, as we explain in this...more
The Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently begun issuing comment letters in the life sciences reverse merger (RM) context that involve a broadened...more
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns and how companies respond to them continue to generate scrutiny from a large number of stakeholders. Last year, in our ESG in Silicon Valley: A Look at the ESG Disclosure...more
Following a record-breaking year for IPOs and other going-public transactions, the beginning of 2022 has presented a challenging environment. That’s largely a result of volatile market conditions due to the ongoing conflict...more
Shareholder activism has been a significant phenomenon amongst the largest U.S. public companies, with activists of a variety of stripes waging campaigns on a wide range of issues. As such activism has continued to grow, it...more
Environmental, social, and governance factors (“ESG”) have pushed to the forefront of the SEC’s attention in recent years. In September, building on prior guidance, the SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance released a sample...more
Corporate governance practices vary significantly among public companies. This is a reflection of many factors, including: • Differences in the stage of development of companies, including the relative importance placed on...more
The Daily Report is a compilation of COVID-19 (coronavirus) news briefs from around the world to help life sciences and health care companies stay current in this challenging time....more
One of the fastest ways to garner unwanted attention as a publicly-traded life sciences company is to be accused by either a regulator or stockholder that the company disclosed materially misleading information about the...more
The ongoing global outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) raises important considerations for life sciences companies subject to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) disclosure and reporting requirements. As...more
As health organizations and governments around the world work to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19), businesses should be mindful of the various ways the virus may impact their operations and employees. The wide range of...more
Despite political and economic uncertainties, markets and deal activity were resilient in 2019, and strong fundamentals remain in place heading into 2020. Companies continue to face a challenging litigation and enforcement...more
On August 20, 2019, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged TherapeuticsMD Inc., a Boca Raton, Florida, headquartered life sciences company, with violations of Regulation FD for sharing material, non-public...more
For the first time in six years, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued an enforcement action against a company solely for Regulation FD violations. On Aug. 20, the SEC announced that it charged life sciences...more