all - Opinion Summaries

Secrest v. Merck, Sharp & Dohme Corp.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment was properly granted to defendant on plaintiff's product liability claim alleging defendant's failure to provide an adequate warning...

In re Diet Drugs

Class Actions, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
Plaintiffs' suit for injuries from primary pulmonary hypertension allegedly caused by defendants' diet drugs was properly enjoined by the district...

Ethypharm SA France v. Abbott Laboratories

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech
In antitrust action, involving state and federal claims related to the drug Antara, summary judgment for defendant on plaintiff's federal claims is...

W.C. v. Secretary of Health and Human Services

Administrative Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
Special master's decision denying petitioner compensation under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, is affirmed, where: 1) the special...

US ex rel. Nathan v. Takeda Pharmaceuticals

Drugs & Biotech, Government Law
In qui tam action brought against defendant for alleged violations of the False Claims Act, judgment dismissing the amended complaint is affirmed,...

Stengel v. Medtronic Incorporated

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In negligence action against defendant medical device manufacturer, the denial of plaintiffs' motion to amend its complaint is reversed and remanded,...

Purdue Pharma L.P. v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In petition for leave to appeal the district court's remand order in case by Kentucky Attorney General against defendant for misleading health care...

In re Rosuvastin Calcium Patent Litig.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In plaintiffs' suit against generic drug producers for infringement of a patent related to a drug used for controlling cholesterol and for treatment...

US v. Caronia

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
Defendant's conviction for conspiracy to introduce a misbranded drug into interstate commerce in violation of the Federal Drug and Cosmetic Act...

Edwards Lifesciences AG v. Corevalve, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In an action for infringement of a patent directed to a collapsible stent that carries a valve for insertion into the heart by balloon catheter,...