First Zantac cancer case dropped before trial, without settlement
The first lawsuit claiming that gastrointestinal drug Zantac causes cancer has been voluntarily dismissed a week before it was due to come to trial, in […]
The first lawsuit claiming that gastrointestinal drug Zantac causes cancer has been voluntarily dismissed a week before it was due to come to trial, in […]
Johnson & Johnson has said it will stop selling talc-based baby powder products globally next year, two years after halting sales in the US and […]
GSK, its consumer health spin-off Haleon and Sanofi could be on the hook for billions of dollars in potential damages over Zantac, a gastrointestinal drug […]
Teva Pharmaceutical says it has reached an agreement in principle to settle thousands of lawsuits accusing it of fuelling the opioid crisis in the US […]
Illumina’s attempt to prevent the European Commission from carrying out an antitrust review of its $8 billion takeover last year of cancer diagnosis firm Grail […]
New York’s attorney general has accused Teva of lying to evade responsibility for its alleged role in fuelling the opioid epidemic in the state, and […]
The sorry saga of Theranos continues with the conviction of Ramesh ‘Sunny’ Balwani, the blood testing biotech’s former chief operating officer, for fraud. Balwani (57) […]
A court in West Virginia has ruled that US drug distributors McKesson, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health are not responsible for fuelling the opioid crisis that […]
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has sued a former AstraZeneca executive over alleged insider trading in connection with its 2019 deal to acquire rights […]
Pharma companies already rely heavily on data and predictive analytics to assess new drugs. In the same way, analytics can be used to enhance legal […]
Arkansas has become the latest US state to issue a legal challenge to the big three insulin producers – Eli Lilly, Sanofi and Novo Nordisk […]
AbbVie’s Allergan subsidiary and Teva are reportedly considering making a $5 billion-plus offer to try to bring opioid liability lawsuits to a conclusion. According to […]
A scientist working in Switzerland has become the fifth person to be convicted of attempting to steal trade secrets from pharmaceutical group GlaxoSmithKline in a […]
Mallinckrodt’s liability problems in the US have been lightened slightly, after it agreed a $260 million deal to resolve allegations of Medicare rebate fraud and […]
Purdue Pharma and its controlling Sackler family have reach a new settlement to resolve lawsuits over their involvement in the opioid epidemic, raising the payout […]
Johnson & Johnson and the ‘big three’ US pharm wholesalers say they are close to finalising a $26 billion settlement that could allow them to […]
An online doctor’s service operating in the UK has been fined after pleading guilty to providing online consultation and prescription services without being registered with […]
Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and former chief executive of the blood testing startup Theranos, has been convicted of defrauding investors by a jury in a […]
The jury in a new York trial has found that Teva Pharmaceuticals played a role in fuelling the opioid crisis in the US, and should […]
A judge in the US has rejected the bankruptcy plan proposed by Purdue Pharma to settle legal action over its role in the opioid crisis, […]
Mallinckrodt looks like it could join Purdue Pharma in reaching a settlement in its bankruptcy proceedings related to opioid litigation, after years of legal wrangling. […]
A US federal judge has approved a bankruptcy settlement for Purdue Pharma that grants the Sackler family that owned the business immunity from any further […]
Gilead Sciences’ Kite Pharma has won a key victory on appeal in its long-running dispute with Bristol-Myers Squibb over patents relating to CAR-T therapies, overturning […]
A Medivation executive at the heart of the company’s team that sold the company to Pfizer for $14 billion five years ago is facing allegations […]
AbbVie will not be pursued any further by the US government over allegations that it used ‘sham’ litigation to keep competition to its AndroGel testosterone […]
The US government has sold off the one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album famously bought by ‘pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli, with the proceeds enough to wipe out […]
The US government has sold off the one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album famously bought by ‘pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli, with the proceeds enough to wipe out […]
Johnson & Johnson and the ‘big three’ US pharma wholesalers are on the brink of a $26 billion settlement deal covering thousands of lawsuits alleging […]
Despite best efforts and protection from federal and state immunity, you need to be prepared to defend Covid-19 related claims. Coveys offers guidance on how […]
A court in Belgium has ordered AstraZeneca to deliver additional doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to EU member states by 27 September, although far fewer […]
Lawyers for the European Commission asked a court in Brussels today to fine AstraZeneca millions of euros for its “obvious” failure to meet the terms […]
The European Commission has officially begun legal proceedings against AstraZeneca over supplies of COVID vaccines. The legal action marks an escalation in the dispute between […]
A US court has upheld AstraZeneca’s patents on its respiratory drug Symbicort, blocking cheaper competition for the ageing blockbuster. The US District Court for the […]
A former Merck & Co scientist could face up to 10 years in prison after he was accused of stealing trade secrets relating to drugs […]
While the ultimate litigation effects of the COVID-19 pandemic remain to be seen, the current high-profile healthcare claims are as varied as product liability and […]
The European Union has fined Teva and its neurology unit Cephalon €60.5 million for an elaborate “pay for delay” scheme that prevented cheaper generic competition […]
After years of legal wrangling, Purdue Pharma has agreed a deal to resolve litigation about its role in the US opioid epidemic that will cost […]
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay more than $100 million to settle over 1,000 lawsuits that allege the company’s Baby Powder talc products caused […]
Health insurer Humana has filed a lawsuit against telemedicine company QuivvyTech that it says resulted in fraudulent prescriptions worth millions of dollars being written for […]
Shares in Teva were down sharply this week after the US Department of Justice filed a complaint that the company paid illegal kickbacks to patient […]
Bayer counted the cost of its expensive Roundup weedkiller settlement in the second quarter with a €9.5 billion net loss made worse by lower sales […]
Sanofi has been placed under formal investigation in France for possible charges including manslaughter relating to the epilepsy drug Depakine, following the deaths of four […]
UK drugmaker Indivior looks finally to have put years of uncertainty over its exposure to opioid litigation in the US behind it, after agreeing a […]
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