Expert Analysis

FDA Framework For Personalized Therapies Raises Questions

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's new plausible mechanism framework for developing individualized therapies ... (more story)

Scrutiny Of Nursing Home Practices Marks Inflection Point

Recent congressional inquiries into UnitedHealth Group's Medicare Advantage-linked nursing home practices raise qu... (more story)

7 Steps For Gov't Contractors In Post-IEEPA Tariff Landscape

In response to U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to strike down tariffs issued by the Trump administration unde... (more story)

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Amarin Tells Justices Hikma Drug Patent Appeal Threatens IP

Amarin Pharma Inc. has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a decision that it plausibly alleged that generics maker Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. encouraged infringement of patents on the heart drug Vascep... (more story)

Revance Investors Ink $17M Deal In Take-Private Offer Suit

Dermal fillers company Revance Therapeutics Inc. and two of its executives have agreed to a $17 million settlement to end claims the company hurt investors after the value of a take-private tender offer was ne... (more story)

CytoDyn Settles Investor Suit With $500K, 49M Shares

Biotechnology firm CytoDyn has agreed to dole out 49 million shares of common stock and pay $500,000 to end investors' proposed class action accusing the company of overstating the likelihood that the U.S. Foo... (more story)

Prestige Picks Up Breathe Right In $1.05B Deal

Consumer healthcare company Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc. revealed on Friday that it has agreed to acquire a portfolio of brands including Breathe Right nasal strips from Foundation Consumer Healthcare, ad... (more story)

NeoGenomics Beats Investor Suit Over Growth Driver Claims

Cancer diagnostics company NeoGenomics Inc. no longer faces a proposed investor class action alleging it mischaracterized its growth drivers, including by failing to disclose that a rainmaking unit potentially... (more story)

SEIU Pension Fund Wins $842K Suit Against NJ Nursing Home

A Service Employees International Union pension fund has won its lawsuit accusing a New Jersey nursing home of skipping out on nearly $350,000 in contributions over 13 years, with a D.C. federal judge awarding... (more story)

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Novartis Faces Class Suit Over Patient Health Info Disclosure

Drugmaker Novartis collected patients' personal and health information through pharmaceutical marketing websites and transmitted it to third parties including Google using "surreptitious online tracking tools"... (more story)

Pediatric Data Breach Class Action Can Stay In NC Biz Court

A consolidated class action alleging a pediatric medical practice failed to protect minor patients' data from hackers can remain in the North Carolina Business Court, a judge ruled in finding the lawsuits were... (more story)

Trinity, Health Gorilla Sued Over Patient Data Breach

Trinity Health Corp. and Health Gorilla Inc. were hit with a proposed class action in Michigan federal court alleging that they failed to protect the sensitive personal information of patients whose data was i... (more story)

Fed. Circ. Backs Military In Veterinary Software Dispute

The Federal Circuit on Friday ruled in favor of the government in a dispute with a subcontractor over rights to healthcare software for a U.S. Army veterinary records system, affirming a lower court finding th... (more story)

Hims Says Failed Wegovy Collab Doesn't Merit Investor Suit

Telehealth company Hims & Hers Health Inc. urged a California federal court to release it from a shareholder suit accusing it of exploiting its partnership with Novo Nordisk, the distributor of weight loss dru... (more story)

9th Circ. Kicks Software Salesperson's Bias Suit To Arbitration

A medical software company won't have to face a fired salesperson's disability and age bias claims in court, after the Ninth Circuit ruled that a severability clause in an arbitration agreement didn't nullify ... (more story)

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J&J Amici Seek Clarity On Goldman Precedent For Class Cert.

Four groups of amici have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Johnson & Johnson's challenge to a Third Circuit decision allowing a securities class action over its talc products to proceed, warning the rul... (more story)

FTC Stays Focused On Healthcare, Launches Task Force

The Federal Trade Commission announced it is launching a new task force with staff from across the agency to coordinate healthcare policy approaches and initiate investigations meant to help protect patients, ... (more story)

Progressive Escapes Workers' Tobacco, Vaccine Fee Suit

Allegations that Progressive Corp. wrongly charged higher health premiums from workers who used tobacco or refused the COVID-19 vaccination failed to state a claim for violating federal benefits law, an Ohio f... (more story)

Feds Approve Minnesota's Plan To Combat Medicaid Fraud

Minnesota may soon receive the release of $243 million in deferred Medicaid funds after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services approved the state's updated plan to combat Medicaid fraud, Minnesota state ... (more story)

Health Insurers Can't Force Conn. ERISA Row Into Arbitration

Elevance Inc. can't compel arbitration of a union health plan's allegations the insurer caused it to pay excessive administrative fees and medical costs, a Connecticut federal judge ruled, finding the insurer ... (more story)

High Court Won't Hear Mich. Newborn Blood Testing Case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a petition from parents seeking to revive claims that the way newborn blood samples are collected and stored in a Michigan health screening program violates th... (more story)