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Antibody Drug Conjugates Keep Growing: What You Need to Know

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What Are ADCs and Why Are They Growing? Over the past few years economic headwinds have resulted in fewer deals, with companies and private equity firms alike reassessing where to spend money. But one portion of the...more

Maynard Nexsen

Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 214: Pharma Manufacturing in North Carolina with Ed...

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Recorded at NC Life Sciences Organization’s Annual Meeting, Heather and Matthew welcome Ed Hernandez, who oversees drug product manufacturing at Eli Lilly, an international pharmaceutical company. Ed discusses how Eli Lilly...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Krazati Untitled Letter: A Cautionary Tale for CFL Promotion of Accelerated Approval Drugs

On August 1, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) issued an untitled letter to Mirati Therapeutics Inc., a Bristol Myers Squibb Co. (Mirati), relating to promotional...more

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Cancer Drugs: Antibody-Drug Conjugate Litigation

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Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are typically composed of a monoclonal antibody attached to a cytotoxic drug via a chemical linker. The antibody is able to identify biomarkers on and attach to cancer cells, allowing targeted...more

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Cancer Drugs: Deals and Licensing for Antibody-Drug Conjugates

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Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are a promising class of cancer treatments with an accelerating number of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approvals and rapidly growing market size, as discussed in previous articles in...more

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Palmer v. Teva Canada Ltd.: Court of Appeal Confirms No Compensation for Risk “In the Air”

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In Palmer v. Teva Canada Limited, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the lower court’s decision to deny certification of a proposed product liability class action seeking damages for the alleged increased risk of being...more

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Florida Legislative Session 2024: Health Care Highlights

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The Florida Regular Legislative Session began on January 9, 2024, and ended on March 8, 2024. Below is a summary of relevant health care laws that will be effective July 1, 2024, if they are approved by Governor DeSantis....more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 2, March 2024

HHS Cybersecurity Performance Goals and the Healthcare Industry - The healthcare industry is a major target for cyberattacks because of all of the personal information collected from patients. Recognizing that the healthcare...more

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Oncology dealmaking fuels biotech M&A

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Global spending on cancer medicines is set to reach US$375 billion by 2027, with innovation in drug discovery and development ramping up to meet rising demand. While the global biotech sector continues to grapple with...more

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No Harm, No Class Action (Again): Ontario Superior Court Refuses to Certify Risk of Cancer Claim

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In the recent decision of Palmer v Teva Canada Ltd., Justice Perell of the Ontario Superior Court dismissed the plaintiff's motion to certify a class action against manufacturers of the anti-hypertensive drug valsartan. The...more

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Cancer Drug Patent Not Dead Yet

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(Mar. 31, 2022) Last Friday, ImmunoGen won an appeal at the Federal Circuit in ImmunoGen, Inc. v. Hirshfeld. The lawsuit is a civil action to order the granting of U.S. Application No. 14/509,809 (‘809), titled “Anti-FOLR...more

Console and Associates, P.C.

Medical Device Manufacturer B. Braun at the Center of Cancer Lawsuit Stemming from Ethylene Oxide Exposure

B. Braun, a Germany-based medical device manufacturer, is facing allegations that the company’s Allentown, PA facility exposed workers and nearby residents to dangerous levels of the chemical ethylene oxide. Ethylene oxide...more

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Alpha Tau Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for Alpha DaRT Treatment of GBM

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Alpha Tau Medical Ltd. (“Alpha Tau”) is a medical technology start-up focused on the research, development, and commercialization of its Alpha DaRT (Diffusing Alpha-emitters Radiation Therapy) treatment for solid cancerous...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Southern District of Texas Holds Learned Intermediary Doctrine Applies to Clinical Trials

Does the learned intermediary doctrine apply in the context of a clinical trial? According to the Southern District of Texas, it does. The case in question is Butler et al. v. Juno Therapeutics, Inc., a tragic case...more

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The Analysis of Cell Free DNA in Urine for Cancer Diagnosis – A Prospective Alternative to Liquid Biopsy?

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A promising new technology may make the diagnosis of cancer and genetic mutation testing as easy as performing a urinalysis as part of an annual physical exam.  Cancer could be detected at its earliest stages, when treatment...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Recent Updates on CAR T-Cell Therapy: FDA Approvals and Patent Litigation

On Feb. 5, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval for a new CAR T-cell therapy, Breyanzi® (lisocabtagene maraleucel), to Juno Therapeutics, a subsidiary of Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS). Breyanzi® is...more

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First year of Project Orbis leads to 38 approvals of cancer therapies, including 8 by Health Canada

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Update: In the Mid-year update: Health products approved in 2021, Health Canada reported the approval of two additional cancer drugs in collaboration with Project Orbis partners between January and June 2021 – Retevmo...more

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Finding a New Way to Fight a Deceptive Disease

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Cancer is a horribly painful and debilitating illness, but would you ever call it “diabolical”? What about “conniving”? You might after you hear about the latest research out of Vanderbilt University showing that cancer cells...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Appendiceal Cancer Shows Age-related Somatic Gene Variants with Potential Diagnostic Relevance

Cancer of the appendix is a very rare form of cancer, having an incidence of 0.12 per 1,000,000 person-years (Siegel et al., 2020, Cancer statistics 2020 70:7-30).  Incidence is rising (by 232% from 2000-2016 in the U.S.)...more

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Cancer Vaccines: The Fourth Pillar of Anti-Cancer Therapy?

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Innovative technologies are being deployed to address the Western world’s major killer: cancer. Traditionally, cancer treatment has included surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, but recently, the development of targeted...more

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USPTO News Briefs

In a notice published earlier this summer in the Federal Register (85 Fed. Reg. 41570), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it was extending the Cancer Immunotherapy Pilot Program. ...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Chromosomal Rearrangements Associated with Chemotherapeutic Drug Resistance

Chemotherapeutic drug resistance is one reason cancer remains an unsolved clinical problem despite the efforts ever since President Nixon declared his "War on Cancer" in 1971.  Cancer cells, due in part to the genetic...more

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FDA Approves the Gardasil 9 Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine for Prevention of Head and Neck Cancer

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After a decade or more of research suggesting that the HPV vaccine could be effective in protecting against certain types of head and neck cancer, the FDA has finally given approval for this application of Gardasil 9, the...more

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CAR T-Cell Therapy Takes Off and Brings on Patent Litigation

CAR T-Cell therapy, a new biologic therapy, is taking off. As companies continue to develop this new and promising therapy, patent litigation inevitably follows.  ...more

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Companies with New Cancer Drug Candidates Should Plan Now for August 2020

Requirement for a Pediatric Clinical Investigation - Starting on August 18, 2020, any drug company submitting an original application for a first-to-be approved or licensed cancer drug that: - is indicated for an adult...more

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