Sacklers agree to $6 billion Purdue bankruptcy settlement over opioid crisis
The Sackler family members who own Purdue Pharma have agreed to a $6 billion settlement…
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Opinion: Inappropriate march-in actions would jeopardize public-private partnerships that make lifesaving medicines possible
For decades, partnerships among government-funded academic institutions and private companies in the United States have…
In a defamation lawsuit, the hype around digital health clashes with scientific criticism
A retraction often marks the end of a dispute over published scientific research. But in…
STAT+: 3 burning questions spurred by the big CRISPR patent ruling
On Monday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruled that CRISPR patents key to developing…
STAT+: Supreme Court debates exactly when a doctors’ misprescribing becomes criminal
Supreme Court justices on Tuesday seemed divided over where to draw the line for what…
STAT+: Tennessee judge sanctions Endo for ‘coordinated strategy’ to withhold documents in opioid case
Endo International (ENDP) was sanctioned by a Tennessee state court judge for using a “coordinated…
STAT+: UC Berkeley loses CRISPR patent case, invalidating licenses it granted gene-editing companies
Ending the latest chapter in a years-long legal battle over who invented CRISPR, the U.S….
STAT+: Johnson & Johnson, three pharma wholesalers finalize $26 billion opioid crisis settlement
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and three major pharmaceutical wholesalers have finalized nationwide settlements over their…
Opinion: Fair hearings often fail to live up to their name when hospitals try to suspend physicians
Over the past five years, there has been an alarming trend in the United States…
Justice Department sues UnitedHealth over nearly $8 billion deal to acquire tech company
Federal regulators are suing to block UnitedHealth Group’s purchase of the technology company Change Healthcare,…
STAT+: Why the conviction of Elizabeth Holmes hinged on defrauding Theranos investors, not patients
The trial of Elizabeth Holmes resulted in a mixed verdict, but one outcome is clear:…
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Opinion: Health tech needs to rebuild trust in the wake of the Theranos verdict
Monday’s news that Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and CEO of Theranos, was found guilty of…
Opinion: Opioid overdoses are killing Americans. Improving access to methadone can save lives
The United States recently reached a grim milestone: 100,000 overdose deaths in one year. This…
Jury finds Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes guilty of fraud
Elizabeth Holmes, the former Theranos CEO who promised to revolutionize medicine but whose company collapsed…
Opinion: The No Surprises Act: Beyond the emergency department, a silver lining of patient engagement
When I was pregnant with my first child, I needed a prenatal test that could…
New York jury holds Teva Pharmaceuticals liable in opioid crisis
A jury held Teva Pharmaceuticals responsible Thursday for contributing to the opioid crisis, delivering a…
To lawyers, conviction of Harvard chemist with China ties shouldn’t chill science. Researchers aren’t so sure
The trial was supposed to be a bellwether — an indicator of whether federal investigators…
STAT+: University of Chicago professor charged with insider trading over a cancer drug trial
A University of Chicago associate professor who worked as a clinical trial investigator for Five…
Opinion: Justice for Sackler family members, not immunity
Your neighbor’s kid is still sitting in jail for selling heroin — to people who…
STAT+: Judge reverses $4.5 billion Purdue Pharma bankruptcy settlement
A federal court judge has reversed the hotly contested Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan after deciding…
STAT+: FDA rebukes Endo for ‘anticompetitive practices,’ asks FTC to investigate
In an unusual move, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has openly suggested that a…
STAT+: Generic drug makers win a court round as judge temporarily blocks California pay-to-delay law
In a victory for generic drug makers, a federal court judge temporarily blocked a controversial California…
Opinion: Forensic medical examinations are key to helping asylum seekers prove trauma
After a decade of horrific abuse by her husband, Ms. A. felt she had no…
STAT+: AbbVie unit to pay $200 million to resolve closely watched opioid lawsuit in New York
Allergan, which is a unit of AbbVie (ABBV) agreed to pay up to $200 million…
Opinion: Archaic in-person exam for digital prescribing is holding back health care innovation
At a press conference in 1986, President Ronald Reagan said he felt the nine most…
STAT+: Martin Shkreli’s former company pays $40 million for blocking competition for a life-saving drug
Six years after a national scandal erupted, a group of federal and state authorities have…
STAT+: Centene agrees to pay $28 million to resolve another state probe into its PBM business
Centene (CNC), one of the largest health insurers in the U.S., agreed to pay nearly…
STAT+: Former Immunomedics executives are charged with insider trading
Two former executives at Immuomedics were charged with insider trading by U.S. authorities in connection…
States: Sackler family members abusing bankruptcy process
NEW YORK — A federal judge should reject a sweeping settlement to thousands of lawsuits…
STAT+: Pfizer sues former employee for allegedly stealing Covid-19 vaccine documents
Amid the intense race to develop Covid-19 products, Pfizer (PFE) accused a former employee of…
Jury holds pharmacies responsible for role in opioid crisis
CLEVELAND — Three retail pharmacy chains recklessly distributed massive amounts of pain pills in two…
STAT+: Can local governments convince the courts that opioid makers and wholesalers caused a public nuisance?
Earlier this week, the state of Washington went to trial relying on a controversial legal…
STAT+: Company that sold overdose antidote to pay $12.7 million to settle charges of fraudulent scheme
Kaleo, a small and controversial company, agreed to pay $12.7 million to resolve allegations that…
STAT+: Oklahoma court overturns $465 million opioid verdict against Johnson & Johnson
The Oklahoma Supreme Court overturned a $465 million judgment against Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) in…
STAT+: Anti-aging research foundation stands by ouster of Aubrey de Grey after investigation concludes
Aubrey de Grey, the anti-aging research pioneer who was removed in August as chief scientific…
Opinion: STAT+: Why does the FDA want to stop improving medicines via patent ‘areas of concern’?
It’s hardly unprecedented for one federal agency to encroach on another’s turf. But the latest intra-executive-branch…
STAT+: New court rulings add to the confusing and controversial dispute over a U.S. drug discount program
In the latest twist in a closely watched legal battle, two different federal court judges…
STAT+: In a first, a California judge rules drug makers are not liable for the opioid crisis
For the first time, drug makers won a court victory in the massive litigation over…
STAT+: The Purdue bankruptcy plan was approved to distribute billions. Where is the money?
Nearly two months ago, a U.S. bankruptcy court judge approved a controversial Purdue Pharma plan…
STAT+: Government’s bid to force drug makers to offer discounts to some hospitals was ‘arbitrary and capricious,’ judge rules
After more than a year of controversy, a federal court judge ruled the U.S. government…
STAT+: Be careful who you sue: CytoDyn knowingly submitted an incomplete drug application to FDA, new documents show
CytoDyn and its CEO Nader Pourhassan have known the company’s long-delayed HIV drug was in…
STAT+: Feds probe Novartis over Entresto marketing and compensation to doctors
In what might become a new scandal for Novartis, federal investigators recently demanded information from…
Latest psilocybin patent highlights the swirling battle over psychedelics intellectual property
One of the leading companies racing to develop psychedelics as legal medicines was granted a…
STAT+: Eight years after a landmark Supreme Court ruling on DNA ownership, its ramifications are becoming clearer
Today, if you want to know what scary family health secrets lay buried in your…
STAT+: MIT professor sues after he was forced to resign from institute following sexual harassment allegations
A prominent Massachusetts Institute of Technology biology professor who was forced two months ago to resign from…
STAT+: AbbVie loses a lawsuit over Humira trade secrets it claimed were stolen
In a setback to AbbVie (ABBV), a U.S. federal court judge dismissed a lawsuit in…
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STAT+: Pfizer loses a lawsuit alleging the U.S. illegally limits use of patient copay assistance programs
In a setback to the pharmaceutical industry, a federal judge ruled that programs Pfizer (PFE)…
STAT+: Three generic drug makers to pay $450 million to settle criminal price fixing charges
Three generic drug makers agreed to pay nearly $450 million to resolve civil allegations that…
STAT+: Prosecutors allege two individuals preyed on those searching for addiction recovery help
Two men were indicted this week for allegedly running a scam in which they preyed…
STAT+: Appeals court rules FDA ‘arbitrarily and capriciously’ approved a rare disease drug
In a closely watched battle over regulatory decision-making, a federal appeals court ruled the U.S….