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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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January 05, 2026
1st Circ. Upholds Block On Trump Admin NIH Funding Cuts
The First Circuit on Monday affirmed a Massachusetts federal judge's order permanently blocking the Trump administration from gutting National Institutes of Health funding for biomedical research, agreeing that the government didn't have the authority to cap indirect costs for research grants.
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January 05, 2026
Fed. Circ. Examines Timing Of $452M Trade Secrets Suit
A Federal Circuit panel delved into the statute of limitations for trade secrets cases Monday, pressing an attorney for a South Korean company seeking to reverse a verdict that prompted a $452 million jury award to explain why the clock should start when a plaintiff suspects misappropriation rather than when it is actually discovered.
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January 05, 2026
Express Scripts Wants FTC Atty Views On Insulin Prices
Express Scripts is seeking to force an attorney from the Federal Trade Commission to sit for a deposition in the agency's case accusing pharmacy benefit managers of inflating insulin prices, saying the commission's own attorneys acknowledge that manufacturers cause higher prices.
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January 05, 2026
Cancer Biotech Co. Eyes $182M IPO
A company developing new drugs for treating cancer disclosed Monday it is looking to raise roughly $182 million in an initial public offering guided by聽Paul Hastings LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, teeing it up for the first major IPO of 2026.
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January 05, 2026
Trending At The PTAB: The Journey Of IPR Institution In 2025
Over the course of 2025, inter partes review institution at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board evolved into a more restrictive, policy-driven regime with reshaped discretionary briefing and assessment, and increasing procedural requirements, say attorneys at Finnegan.
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