A Northern District of California judge dismissed a products liability lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Pharmaceuticals, ruling that plaintiffs failed to plead when their mother was exposed to Risperdal or discovered her...
Owens et al v. Johnson & Johnson et al
A Northern District of California judge dismissed a consumer class action against the herbal tea maker, ruling that a plaintiff must allege specific facts explaining how she was injured by unlawful labeling, not just assert she paid more.
Desrys v. Traditional Medicinals, Inc.
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed mifepristone to remain available by mail, blocking a Fifth Circuit ruling that would have banned the drug's postal distribution while the underlying legal challenge proceeds.
Abortion pill to remain available by mail
A bipartisan coalition of 21 state attorneys general is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to abandon draft guidance that would lower regulatory hurdles for certain flavored e-cigarette products, arguing the move ignores...
Attorney General Tong Leads Coalition Urging FDA to Reverse Guidance Easing Sales of Flavored E-Cigarettes
Nationwide mail access to mifepristone remains available after the Supreme Court extended a temporary stay blocking a Fifth Circuit order that would have required in-person dispensing, pausing the ruling until May 14.
Court extends temporary order allowing access to abortion pill by mail
Connecticut secured a settlement with an international trade platform to stop the sale of unapproved GLP-1 weight loss drugs to U.S. consumers.
Attorney General Tong Announces Online Platform to Cease Bootleg GLP-1 Weight Loss Drug Sales Nationwide Following Connecticut Investigation
A San Diego federal judge found that Ashlynn Marketing Group deleted its kratom-product blog during active litigation and then watched Wayback Machine archives prove it.
J.J et al v. Ashlynn Marketing Group, Inc.
A union welfare fund and two firefighters' benefit plans allege Takeda engineered a market-allocation scheme that kept the price of a colchicine pill above $6 a tablet for years.
UFCW Local 1500 Welfare Fund et al v. Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. et al
A D.C. federal judge threw out the last surviving claim in a suit challenging the FDA's 2022 refusal to restore a permissive enforcement regime for homeopathic drugs, ruling the plaintiffs could not tie their economic injuries to the...
ALLIANCE FOR NATURAL HEALTH USA et al v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al
Justice Department Places FDA-Approved Marijuana Products and Products Containing Marijuana Subject to a Qualifying State-issued License in Schedule III, Strengthening Medical Research While Maintaining Strict Federal Controls
A federal magistrate judge denied plaintiffs' request to reopen discovery in a product liability case alleging their child was injured by contaminated Abbott formula, while ordering the manufacturer to produce one specific FDA inspection...
JUDY NICOLE JACOBS, et al., Plaintiffs. v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC., et al., Defendants.
The Seventh Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction against Wisconsin’s 2023 statute requiring FDA premarket authorization before electronic nicotine delivery systems may be sold in the state.
Wisconsinites for Alternatives to Smoking v. David Casey
The Northern District of California has denied in part and granted in part a motion to dismiss Eli Lilly’s competition lawsuit against telehealth provider Mochi Health, allowing claims alleging false advertising and corporate practice of...
Eli Lilly and Company v. Mochi Health Corp. et al
The Third Circuit on Friday upheld a district court's refusal to enjoin Samsung Bioepis from supplying a Cigna subsidiary with a private-label version of the ustekinumab biosimilar Pyzchiva, holding that Johnson & Johnson and Janssen...
A federal judge in South Florida held that genuine factual disputes over whether a Zimmer Biomet spinal disc was defectively manufactured — and whether that defect caused a patient's injuries — must go to a jury.
Horne v. Zimmer Biomet Spine, Inc.