Takeda Pharmaceutical has lost a bid to limit claims in a case accusing its predecessor Shire Plc of conspiring with generic rival Actavis to delay launch of a generic version of Shire's ADHD drug Intuniv through illegal patent settlements.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to hear arguments next week over whether to revive more than 900 lawsuits by women who said they developed a rare neurological condition after using Bayer AG's Mirena contraceptive device.
A group of investors can examine Gilead Science Inc's books and records for evidence of misconduct related to the marketing of one of its leading HIV drugs, a Delaware judge has ruled, castigating the company's "overly aggressive" defense and suggesting it could be required to pay the investors' fees.
A federal judge has dismissed a shareholder lawsuit accusing Salt Lake City, Utah-based biotech company PolarityTE Inc of misleading investors about the prospects of its regenerative skin tissue product.
Pfizer Inc unit Hospira's proposed generic version of Endo International PLC's emergency allergy treatment Adrenalin would infringe two of Endo's patents, a federal appeals court has ruled, affirming a lower court ruling blocking the generic drug from the market.
The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday upheld the convictions and prison sentences of former Akebia Therapeutics Inc and Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc employees who were found to have taken part in an insider trading scheme.
A lawsuit accusing Merck & Co Inc of illegally stifling competition for its rotavirus vaccine RotaTeq can proceed as a class action, a Philadelphia federal judge has ruled, rejecting the drugmaker's bid to send the case to arbitration a second time after being directed by a U.S. appeals court to reconsider the issue.
Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to rule that Theranos Inc founder Elizabeth Holmes and former chief operating officer Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani cannot assert privilege over Theranos' corporate documents in their criminal fraud case.
The maker of Tofurky meat substitute on Thursday urged a federal appeals court to strike down a Missouri law making it a crime to misrepresent a plant-based product as a meat product, one of several similar state laws the company is fighting around the country.
GlaxoSmithKline PLC has lost an appeal seeking to overturn an $89.7 million verdict a jury handed down after finding that the company's Ellipta line of inhalers infringed a patent belonging to rival drug company Vectura Ltd.
Prince Wong was still in her mother's womb when the Chinese government reclaimed control over Hong Kong from the British in the summer of 1997. She was born nearly three months later, on September 27, into what some here call the city's "cursed generation."