3 Key Takeaways From The RFK Jr. Hearings
Experts told Law360 that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears to be avoiding “politically unsavory” issues and focusing on more popular health policies across his hearings this week. Here, Law360 looks at experts' three takeways.
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3 Key Takeaways From The RFK Jr. Hearings
Experts told Law360 that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears to be avoiding “politically unsavory” issues and focusing on more popular health policies across his hearings this week. Here, Law360 looks at experts' three takeways.
FDA Signals Flexibility In Pitch To Reduce Animal Testing
New federal guidance points to regulator flexibility on appropriate alternatives to using animals for testing drug safety.
Biotechs Rev Up To Go Public, Spurring Hope For The Sector
A smattering of biotech companies have signaled plans to go public in recent days, kicking off what industry insiders expect to be a busy spring and summer for the public markets. Despite a rocky past few weeks for geopolitics, industry insiders are hopeful that 2026's initial public offering market could trigger a steady return to normalcy.
Expert Analysis
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Deals & Corporate Governance More
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Life sciences company Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. on Monday announced plans to sell its microbiology business to European private equity firm Astorg in an over $1.1 billion deal steered by four law firms.
Indian pharmaceutical giant Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. has agreed to acquire New Jersey-based Organon & Co. in an all-cash deal valued at $11.75 billion, with each side of the transaction having repres... (more story)
Natera asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a petition from rival CareDx asking it to review a Third Circuit decision that erased a $45 million jury verdict stemming from CareDx's false advertising claims, s... (more story)
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Elon Musk's SpaceX strikes a deal with Cursor that could lead to an acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup, building products distributor QXO Inc. buys ... (more story)
The Federal Trade Commission reached an agreement Thursday to settle its case accusing U.S. Anesthesia Partners Inc. of monopolizing the Texas anesthesia services market by purchasing most of the competing ane... (more story)
Digital Health & Technology More
The U.S. Department of Justice's recent decision to delay compliance dates for regulations ensuring accessible government services online benefits no one, as it is long overdue for disabled Americans and doesn... (more story)
A San Francisco-based healthcare technology company failed to deliver on promises it would consolidate a Catholic health system's data under a unified platform, breaching a projected $32 million service agreem... (more story)
Zepp Health has hit Oura Health with a lawsuit in the Eastern District of Texas accusing the Finnish company of infringing a series of patents on wearable fitness devices, the latest salvo in a wider patent fi... (more story)
A San Diego-based healthcare technology services company has accused Commure Inc. of stealing trade secrets to launch competing cloud-based software, framing the alleged conduct as an instance of a large compa... (more story)
An Illinois federal judge has refused to cut wiretap and negligence claims from a proposed class action accusing telehealth provider Nourish Inc. of deploying tracking tools that illegally transmitted website ... (more story)
The Seventh Circuit declined Tuesday to revive vaping interest groups' bid to halt enforcement of a Wisconsin law banning sales of e-cigarettes that aren't approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, fi... (more story)
Policy & Compliance More
A North Dakota federal judge on Monday blocked the state's new drug-pricing law, agreeing with pharmaceutical companies that while the law purports to "protect the underdogs," it illegally interferes with the ... (more story)
The U.S. Department of Justice waded into a dispute between pharmaceutical giants and the state of Washington on Monday, arguing that federal law preempts a new state law that expands discounts that drugmakers... (more story)
A Wyoming judge has blocked enforcement of the latest effort by state lawmakers to enact a rigid anti-abortion law, after the Wyoming Supreme Court in January struck down the state's previous near-total ban on abortion.
California appellate justices refused to reinstate a "General Hospital" actor's suit alleging ABC fired him for his political views after he declined to comply with its COVID-19 vaccine policy, ruling the evid... (more story)
A company purportedly focused on using traditional Chinese medicine to treat conditions including autism spectrum disorder faces a proposed investor class action alleging it downplayed the risk it would be pro... (more story)
The government failed to prove the former owner of a mental health counseling company in Virginia willfully committed fraud by falsely billing Medicaid $200,000 for counseling services on two specific dates, a... (more story)