Legal

In its latest legal challenge to the Inflation Reduction Act, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has appealed to a federal court to stop drug price negotiations until ongoing litigation plays out.
More than 3,000 state and local governments will receive nearly $19 billion in payments from drugmakers and pharmacy chains in the most recent round of opioid settlements.
A class-action lawsuit from thousands of third-party payers alleges that the companies broke racketeering laws to market their diabetes drug Actos, while not disclosing its bladder cancer risk.
Promosome filed lawsuits Tuesday against Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech, alleging that the vaccine developers used patent-protected mRNA technology without a license.
The Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit takes an unusual strategy, according to legal experts, raising concerns and uncertainties in the biopharma industry.
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal district court, Merck claimed that the price negotiation program laid out in the Inflation Reduction Act violates the U.S. Constitution.
While the exact settlement details are confidential, the deal will allow Amgen to launch its Stelara biosimilar no later than January 1, 2025.
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Amgen’s cholesterol drug Repatha patents invalid, ending a protracted legal battle with competitors Sanofi and Regeneron.
A three-judge panel is reviewing the legal challenge to the FDA’s approval of mifepristone. Any action by the court may result in further appeals, and possibly another Supreme Court decision.
The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking an injunction to prevent Amgen’s buyout of Horizon Therapeutics, which the agency says would “entrench monopoly drugs.”
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