3 Key Takeaways From The RFK Jr. Hearings
Experts told Law360 that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears to be avoiding “politically unsavory” issues and focusing on more popular health policies across his hearings this week. Here, Law360 looks at experts' three takeways.
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3 Key Takeaways From The RFK Jr. Hearings
Experts told Law360 that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears to be avoiding “politically unsavory” issues and focusing on more popular health policies across his hearings this week. Here, Law360 looks at experts' three takeways.
FDA Signals Flexibility In Pitch To Reduce Animal Testing
New federal guidance points to regulator flexibility on appropriate alternatives to using animals for testing drug safety.
Biotechs Rev Up To Go Public, Spurring Hope For The Sector
A smattering of biotech companies have signaled plans to go public in recent days, kicking off what industry insiders expect to be a busy spring and summer for the public markets. Despite a rocky past few weeks for geopolitics, industry insiders are hopeful that 2026's initial public offering market could trigger a steady return to normalcy.
Expert Analysis
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The U.S. Department of Justice's recent decision to delay compliance dates for regulations ensuring accessible gov... (more story)
Deals & Corporate Governance More
Natera asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a petition from rival CareDx asking it to review a Third Circuit decision that erased a $45 million jury verdict stemming from CareDx's false advertising claims, s... (more story)
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Elon Musk's SpaceX strikes a deal with Cursor that could lead to an acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup, building products distributor QXO Inc. buys ... (more story)
The Federal Trade Commission reached an agreement Thursday to settle its case accusing U.S. Anesthesia Partners Inc. of monopolizing the Texas anesthesia services market by purchasing most of the competing ane... (more story)
The full Federal Circuit on Wednesday rejected Sarepta Therapeutics Inc.'s bid for a rehearing after a panel's decision revived a University of Pennsylvania gene therapy patent that is licensed by clinical-sta... (more story)
A Delaware federal court voided a life insurance policy as an unlawful wager on a now-deceased Florida woman's life, finding that Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. is entitled to retain the policy's $10 million de... (more story)
Healthcare-focused real estate investment trust National Healthcare Properties began trading Wednesday after raising $462 million in an initial public offering guided by Paul Weiss, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Sidl... (more story)
Digital Health & Technology More
A San Francisco-based healthcare technology company failed to deliver on promises it would consolidate a Catholic health system's data under a unified platform, breaching a projected $32 million service agreem... (more story)
Zepp Health has hit Oura Health with a lawsuit in the Eastern District of Texas accusing the Finnish company of infringing a series of patents on wearable fitness devices, the latest salvo in a wider patent fi... (more story)
A San Diego-based healthcare technology services company has accused Commure Inc. of stealing trade secrets to launch competing cloud-based software, framing the alleged conduct as an instance of a large compa... (more story)
An Illinois federal judge has refused to cut wiretap and negligence claims from a proposed class action accusing telehealth provider Nourish Inc. of deploying tracking tools that illegally transmitted website ... (more story)
The Seventh Circuit declined Tuesday to revive vaping interest groups' bid to halt enforcement of a Wisconsin law banning sales of e-cigarettes that aren't approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, fi... (more story)
A pending motion to dismiss the Michigan attorney general's drug-pricing case against multiple pharmacy benefit managers does not preclude the PBMs from handing over agreements between PBMs and pharmacies to t... (more story)
Policy & Compliance More
A Tennessee state court has canceled a trial scheduled to begin Monday over a suit challenging the state's abortion ban and seeking clarification on when a physician can legally terminate a high-risk pregnancy.
A group of Cigna health plan participants who claimed the company failed to protect their private health information when it tracked their website activities told a Pennsylvania federal judge that the insuranc... (more story)
The Second Circuit refused to restart proceedings in a class action from Cigna retirees who challenged changes to their pensions, ruling Friday that a lower court was correct to hold that the ex-workers hadn't... (more story)
Chester County, Pennsylvania, filed its own suit in a sprawling multidistrict litigation against CVS and multiple pharmacy benefit managers and drug companies, claiming the entities worked together to inflate ... (more story)
The Tennessee solicitor general, who successfully defended the state's ban on some gender-affirming care for minors before the U.S. Supreme Court, will join the Nashville office of Kirkland & Ellis, the firm a... (more story)
A Washington federal court has ordered the Trump administration to produce records underlying its decision to bar transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military, rejecting a distinction the administ... (more story)