DC Circ. Judge Jabs Pharma Atty For 10 Minutes In Price Fight
The first D.C. Circuit showdown in widespread drug pricing litigation Tuesday appeared unlikely to deliver a badly needed win to the pharmaceutical industry, as a top manufacturer's attorney faced a cool recep... (more story)
ERISA Recap: 5 Litigation Developments From April
The U.S. Supreme Court turned down a bakery company's bid for review of a union multiemployer pension withdrawal bill, the Fourth Circuit held a bonus plan was exempt from federal benefits law, and the Sixth C... (more story)
Wash. Panel Revives GLP-1 Health Plan Coverage Fight
A Washington state appeals court revived a proposed class action by state employees alleging their benefit plan discriminatorily barred health coverage for GLP-1 medications treating obesity, finding a lower c... (more story)
Mylan Strikes $4.5M Deal With Maryland Over EpiPen Pricing
Mylan Pharmaceuticals will pay $4.5 million to resolve allegations by the state of Maryland that Mylan acted anticompetitively when it ratcheted up costs of its portable auto-injectable EpiPen device that's us... (more story)
RFK Jr. To Target 'Overmedicalization' Of Mental Health Drugs
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is moving to tackle the "overmedicalization" of widely used mental health drugs and create pathways to enc... (more story)
Calif. Justices To Weigh Gilead Negligence Claim In HIV Suit
A case before the California Supreme Court this week involving Gilead and HIV medications may create a new standard for negligence claims when a company fails to market a better drug.