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Life Sciences
Life Sciences Law360 provides breaking legal news and analysis on the pharmaceutical and medical device industry. Coverage includes high-stakes litigation and policy developments that affect life sciences companies, as well as licensing deals, mergers, and other corporate transactions.
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Latest News in Life Sciences
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November 14, 2025
BREAKING: Purdue's $7.4B Ch. 11 Plan To Be Confirmed
A New York bankruptcy judge agreed to confirm the $7.4 billion Chapter 11 plan of Purdue Pharma LP on Friday, saying he would issue a formal bench ruling next Tuesday explaining his decision.
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November 14, 2025
Gibson Dunn, Cooley Guide Merck's $9.2B Cidara Buy
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP-advised聽Merck on Friday said it will broaden its respiratory portfolio with a $9.2 billion deal to buy Cooley LLP-led Cidara Therapeutics, betting that an investigational antiviral could help the company tackle the global health burden of seasonal influenza.
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November 13, 2025
J&J Bellwether Trial Over Talc Cancer Risks Kicks Off In LA
An attorney for one of two women who claim Johnson & Johnson's talcum products caused their ovarian cancer told a Los Angeles jury Thursday during opening statements in a bellwether trial that decades-old internal documents prove J&J knew its talc products contained toxic levels of asbestos but hid that information.
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November 13, 2025
Hemp Policy At Crossroads After Government Reopening Bill
Hemp industry advocates are pledging to use the one-year gap between enactment and implementation of the government funding agreement, which effectively recriminalized most hemp-derived THC products, to craft new regulatory legislation that stops short of a full ban.
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November 13, 2025
NC Biz Court Bulletin: Rulings Spotlight Coverage Clashes
The North Carolina Business Court plowed into the fourth quarter with two big decisions in insurance disputes that involved $50 million in COVID-19-related losses at a chain of outlet malls, and an industrial accident at a Nucor Corp. iron plant in Louisiana.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- U.S. International Trade Commission
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Affordable Care Act
- Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
- Antitrust and consumer protection controls
- Drug and medical device lobbying
- State and international life sciences legislation and regulation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Drug and medical device recalls
- Drug safety actions
- Pay-for-delay investigations
- Merger reviews
- LITIGATION
- Patent disputes, including
- Abbreviated New Drug Application litigation
- Section 301 cases
- Product safety suits over drugs and medical devices, including off-label marketing and failure-to-warn claims
- Consumer litigation and class actions
- Fraud and compliance suits
- Antitrust disputes
- Labor and employment suits
- Shareholder and corporate governance disputes
- Bankruptcy proceedings
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
- Share buybacks and stock splits
- Private equity deals
- Patent-licensing agreements
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of life sciences practice groups
Readership
- Life sciences lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the drug, biotechnology, and medical device industries
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals