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Corporate Counsel

Surge in Social Media Drug Promotion Driving Calls for More Oversight

"I think the industry would like more clarity from the FDA on what exactly its position is on its authority over social media," said Mahnu Davar, a partner at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Sanctions Ordered After CEO Skips Deposition in MDL

ZHP sought to invoke the Apex Doctrine, which seeks to limit depositions of individuals at the "apex" of a corporation based on the premise that lower-level employees are likely to have firsthand knowledge of the material facts, and that deposing the top executives of a corporation is likely to impose a significant burden.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Expands Ozempic Plaintiffs' Leadership Team, Names 4 Co-Lead Counsel

In a joint statement, the newly appointed leads said they "are honored to have been appointed by Judge Pratter to lead one of the most significant and consequential pharmaceutical injury cases of our time against the manufacturers of diabetes and weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy."
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Group of Fired Scientists Win $26.6M Bucks County Verdict on Counterclaims Against Ex-Employer

The plaintiff alleged in its $849 million suit that its former employees stole trade secrets and set up competing drug companies.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Mezzion Pharma Will Have to Turn Over Udenafil Manufacturing Process Information in Discovery Dispute

"In a ruling from the bench, Judge Hurd concluded that 'at the end of the day it's not a question of admissibility, it's a question of is it reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence under Rule 4:10- 2," the opinion said.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

In $270M National Settlement, Generic Opioid Maker Will Supply Overdose Reversal Pill, Cash

The settlement in principle accounts for New Jersey-based Amneal's role in fueling the national epidemic of opioid addictions and overdoses, New York and California said in separate statements.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Founding GC of Animal Health Giant Zoetis Steps Down

Heidi Chen spent 13 years at Pfizer before she helped spin out the company's animal-health business into a stand-alone public company in 2012 and became its first legal chief.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'Like You're Eating Cyanide': Litigation Over 'Gas Station Heroin'

"It's called an unapproved drug. It's a drug in other countries, this tianeptine, used for an antidepressant. But it's never been approved in America, and I think it's falling through the regulatory cracks," plaintiff attorney Michael Pender said.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ozempic Leadership Fight Escalates: Proposed Co-Leads Are 'Losing Control'

Sarah Foster, of Schlesinger Law Offices in Fort Lauderdale, continued to insist she and others were excluded from the Ozempic leadership process, noting the last-minute addition of two lawyers to the proposed team.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Massachusetts Court: 'Real Time' Clinical Trial Data Not Needed to Avoid Securities Claims

U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley wrote that Latham & Watkins-repped Homology Medicines Inc. "had no duty to disclose data in real time."
2 minute read

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