Legal

In this special report, BioSpace examines how the biopharma industry is grappling with impending consequences of the Inflation Reduction Act.
In the latest salvo, Pfizer and BioNTech fired back at Moderna and asked the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to invalidate patent claims over the COVID-19 vaccines they say are overly broad.
The Biden administration on Tuesday released a much-anticipated list of the first 10 medicines included in Medicare’s Drug Price Negotiation Program under the Inflation Reduction Act.
The British drugmaker filed a lawsuit on Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware claiming the Inflation Reduction Act conflicts with the goals of the Orphan Drug Act.
Following a countersuit by Amgen and Horizon Therapeutics, the Federal Trade Commission has temporarily suspended its challenge to the multi-billion dollar merger between the two companies.
Three years after the initial case, Teva Pharmaceuticals is finally settling its drug price-fixing charges with the Department of Justice for $225 million, payable over a five-year period.
The German pharmaceutical giant is the latest pharma company to challenge the constitutionality of the Inflation Reduction Act’s drug price negotiation program.
Mifepristone’s legal saga continues as the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for steep restrictions on the drug’s access, though its effectivity is pending the Supreme Court’s review.
The legal complaint, filed with the Scripps Research Institute, alleges that Dexcel Pharma Technologies’ plan to sell a generic version of Pfizer’s Vyndamax (tafamidis) infringes on three patents.
Novo’s weight-loss drug Wegovy improves cardiovascular outcomes, Novavax posts surprise Q2 profit, while Nektar Therapeutics files lawsuit against Eli Lilly for misconduct in drug development deal.
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