Expert Analysis

Lessons From Justices' Split On Major Questions Doctrine

The justices' varied opinions in Learning Resources v. Trump, which held the International Emergency Economy Power... (more story)

Drug Wholesaler's DPA Shows Imperfect Efforts Still Count

Atlantic Biologicals’ recent deferred prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors for allegedly distributing co... (more story)

Key Takeaways As HRSA Aims To Revive 340B Rebate Pilot

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' recent request for feedback on the 340B Rebate Model Pilot Progr... (more story)

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Justices Advised To Keep Law Clear In 'Skinny Label' Case

Several intellectual property groups have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to use a case involving "skinny labels" on generic drugs to set clear guidelines on what constitutes induced patent infringement, saying t... (more story)

Biopharma Brass Hid Drug Trial Risks, Derivative Suit Says

Brass of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. are facing shareholder derivative claims they caused the company to overstate prospects for a drug to treat a bone disease, hurting investors and opening the company up ... (more story)

Actelion Pays $65M To Settle Tracleer Antitrust Class Suit

Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. agreed to pay $65 million to resolve antitrust claims from a certified class accusing it of illegally denying generics companies the samples they need to produce generic versions ... (more story)

Fed. Circ. Mulls Patents In Penile Implant Trade Secret Win

A Federal Circuit panel on Thursday grilled both sides in a trade secret dispute over penile implants that resulted in an $18.3 million judgment against defendants, repeatedly questioning attorneys about wheth... (more story)

GAO Denies Protest Of $325M CDC Contract

The U.S. Government Accountability Office denied a protest over the awarding of a $325 million Centers for Disease Control and Prevention contract, finding the agency's extra round of discussions with the winn... (more story)

Zantac Investor Class Action Time-Barred, Pa. Judge Rules

The maker of heartburn and acid reflux relief tablet Zantac has defeated a securities fraud class action claiming the company hid for decades the cancer risks associated with the drug, causing a stock price dr... (more story)

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Fla. Judge Finds Leapfrog's Hospital Ratings Deceptive, Unfair

A Florida federal judge ordered hospital ratings nonprofit Leapfrog to revoke poor safety grades it issued to five hospitals owned by Tenet Healthcare Corp., finding the group's approach to evaluating the hosp... (more story)

Abortion Rights Group, SD Agree to End Gas Station Ads Row

An abortion rights group can no longer post advertisements at gas stations in South Dakota that promote abortion care, the South Dakota attorney general's office announced on Monday, saying that the group and ... (more story)

Novo, Hims & Hers Make Up, Agree To Sell GLP-1s Together

Novo Nordisk A/S will start selling its GLP-1 medications on Hims & Hers Health Inc.'s platform as part of a deal that resolves the pharmaceutical company's patent infringement lawsuit against the telehealth p... (more story)

NC Providers Sue UnitedHealth Over 'Devastating' Cyberattack

UnitedHealth Group Inc. and several of its subsidiaries are facing a proposed class action in North Carolina state court over a 2024 data breach that took its claims processing platform offline and allegedly d... (more story)

TriZetto, Cognizant Hit With Class Claims Over Data Breach

A Cognizant Technology Solutions-owned healthcare tech company was hit with a proposed class action in New Jersey federal court on Friday over its alleged failure to protect the sensitive personal and health i... (more story)

Care Management Co. Accused Of Swiping Software Platform

The developer of software used in the Medicare treatment arena has sued a customer care management company in Delaware Chancery Court, accusing it of wrongfully using the platform to create a competing application.

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BREAKING: Aetna Will Pay $117.7M To Resolve False Billing Suit

Aetna Inc. has agreed to pay $117.7 million to settle claims that the company violated the False Claims Act by submitting, and falling to correct, false diagnosis codes for its Medicare Advantage plan customer... (more story)

A Look At The Real Impact Of The FTC's PBM Settlements

It may all come down to the details in a landmark settlement between the Federal Trade Commission and one of the biggest pharmacy benefit managers in the U.S., as delayed timelines and a key carveout provision... (more story)

5th Circ. Revives J&J Sales Rep's Wage Dispute

A Texas federal court did not take into consideration relevant factors to determine whether a former Johnson & Johnson sales representative's failure to retain local counsel in his wage and hour suit represent... (more story)

Sanofi Says Judge Botched Insulin Device Patent Listings

Sanofi-Aventis sparred with drug wholesalers over a Massachusetts federal magistrate judge's pronouncements that the parties should go to trial on claims the pharmaceutical giant used improper insulin device p... (more story)

Lab's Aetna Payment Suit Survives, But With Deep Cuts

A Connecticut federal judge ruled Aetna and its parent company, CVS Health Corp., must face a pared down lawsuit from a medical laboratory alleging it is owed $20.6 million in unpaid invoices.

Wash. To Set Its Own Vaccine Schedule Under New State Law

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson has signed legislation that requires health plans to cover vaccines and other preventive care recommended by the state rather than the federal government, joining a movement toward... (more story)