Legal

Crisis has a way of opening doors of opportunity for fraud around the globe. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought not only a fresh slew of financial schemes, but pharmaceutical fraud as well.
Eli Lilly and Company announced Tuesday the launch of a head-to-head study to compare once-monthly injectable Emgality® (galcanezumab-gnlm) with Nurtec® ODT (rimegepant) for the prevention of migraine.
The new study findings may pave the way for Bristol Myers Squibb to receive additional approval for Breyanzi in a vulnerable patient population.
FDA
United claims Liquidia and a former employee misappropriated its trade secrets such as regulatory submissions and detailed financial forecasts for its inhaled treprostinil.
An ugly symbol of racism appears to have reared its head at a Merck facility in North Carolina. The pharma giant is investigating reports of a noose found hanging at a construction project on the 262-acre facility.
Grail presents its first data from the interventional PATHFINDER trial of Galleri, its multi-cancer early detection blood test. Galleri is now available in the U.S. by prescription.
FDA
It didn’t take too long before a lawsuit was filed over Bristol Myers Squibb’s failure to meet a deadline for a $9 Contingent Value Rights agreement tied to the company’s merger with Celgene.
AbbVie has been the target of multiple legal inquiries and challenges of its pricing and patent protections. Now, a U.S. senator is taking a gander at the company’s taxes.
The early termination of the Beovu trials places a damper on Novartis’ hopes of competing even further with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals’ retinal disease drug Eylea.
FDA
The FDA has a massive backlog of site inspections due to the pandemic. To address the problem, the agency made its Resiliency Roadmap outlining its priorities.
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