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Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

In This Month’s E-News: September 2024

Report on Research Compliance 21, no. 9 (September, 2024) - Based on their review of public data on ClinicalTrials.gov, a bipartisan quartet of U.S. representatives has asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Public Companies & the Law

Biotech Public Markets Finally Thawing(?): Two Massachusetts Biotechs file S-1s

In an encouraging sign that the equity capital markets may be improving for biotechnology companies, Bicara Therapeutics Inc. and Zenas Biopharma, Inc. filed S-1 registration statements yesterday, signaling their intention to...more

J.S. Held

IP and Tech: Twin Engines of Innovative Sustainability

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In the quest for a sustainable future, the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent goalposts, albeit lofty ones, that countries can aim for. These 17 interconnected goals address pressing global...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Open Up Your Eyes: FDA Expects Real Transparency in ClinicalTrials.gov Disclosures

Based on client inquiries and FDA actions, the Food and Drug Administration is focusing more on companies not submitting data to www.ClinicalTrials.gov. It is taking stronger action against those companies it believes are...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Dual Track Reboot: Five Key Considerations for Supercharging Your Life Science Company Exit

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There have been 44 initial public offerings (IPOs) listed on the US stock markets in 2024 thus far, many of which continue to trade at a premium to their initial offering price, demonstrating the strength and buoyancy of...more

Fenwick & West LLP

ESG Insights: Silicon Valley’s Largest Public Tech and Life Sciences Companies Expanded ESG Reporting in 2023

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Amidst challenges and conflicting demands from a variety of stakeholders, technology and life sciences companies have increased their voluntary disclosure regarding environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns. Despite...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

Smart & Biggar

Dexlansoprazole formulation patent invalid and not infringed by Apotex

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On February 7, 2024, the Federal Court dismissed Takeda’s action under subsection 6(1) of the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations in relation to dexlansoprazole (Takeda’s DEXILANT). Justice Furlanetto...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Informed Board - Winter 2024

The oversight obligations of boards continue to expand. Recent enforcement actions and new laws in areas such as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and supply chains create new challenges for boards, as we explain in this...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Key Considerations for Healthcare Providers Responding to Law Enforcement Requests

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Why is everyone talking about provider disclosures to law enforcement of late? The Senate Finance Committee authored a letter to Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), outlining...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Warning - Transaction Delays Expected. State Notice Requirements Ahead for Health Care M&A!

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An increasing number of states are requiring advance notice of health care transactions.  These requirements may delay transactions or result in confidential information becoming accessible to the public. Effective August 1,...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Fenwick Writes Comment Letter on Notice 2023-63 on Amortization of Specified Research or Experimental Expenditures under Section...

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Following the IRS’s issuance of guidance in Notice 2023-63 regarding R&D capitalization under Section 174, a working group of several Fenwick tax group attorneys commented to the IRS and the U.S. Treasury Department on...more

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New ISSB Sustainability Standards: A Long-awaited Milestone for Harmonising ESG-Related Disclosure

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On 26 June 2023, the International Sustainability Standards Board (“ISSB”) issued its first two sustainability standards, IFRS S1 and IFRS S2. These standards, which incorporate the recommendations of the Task Force on...more

ArentFox Schiff

ArentFox Schiff Issues the First Global Definitive Legal Guide for Industries Navigating AI

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Artificial intelligence promises to transform the way we live and work and its impact will undoubtedly stretch to every business sector across the globe. This next generation of technology brings exciting possibilities and...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Amgen is Not the End of Chemical Innovation

Some chemical innovators have found the recent Supreme Court decision in Amgen v. Sanofi to suggest that chemical inventions will be subject to new and draconian disclosure standards going forward. A few have even suggested...more

Epstein Becker & Green

New York State Enacts New Notice Requirements Targeting Private Equity Health Care Transactions

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New York recently enacted new legislation that will amend Article 45-A of the New York Public Health Law, entitled “Disclosure of Material Transactions”.  Although the legislation, as enacted, contains no description of...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

TNFD Releases Fourth (and Final) Beta Version of Disclosure Framework

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The fourth beta version establishes draft disclosure metrics as well as biome and sector guidance — with final TNFD recommendations due in September 2023. The Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)...more

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ESG Insights: Silicon Valley’s Largest Public Tech and Life Sciences Companies Stepped Up ESG Reporting Last Year

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Environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns and how companies respond to them continue to generate scrutiny from a large number of stakeholders. Last year, in our ESG in Silicon Valley: A Look at the ESG Disclosure...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - V 4, Issue 3, March 2023

Amazon Sued for Not Telling New York Store Customers about Tracking Biometrics - “Thanks to a 2021 law, New York is the only major American city to require businesses to post signs letting customers know they’re tracking...more

Cooley LLP

Life Sciences ESG Reporting Practices

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For companies of all industries, ESG matters have become an area of intense focus. In addition to investor and activist pressure, the growth of ESG ratings – and proposed climate and broader ESG disclosure requirements in the...more

Butler Snow LLP

Go-Live of the EU’s Clinical Trial Information System Completes Implementation of the EU’s 2014 Clinical Trial Regulation:...

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From 2004 to 2014, clinical trials in the EU and countries in the European Economic Area (collectively known as EU/EEA Countries) were subject to the EU Clinical Trial Directive 2001/20/EC (CTD) which set rules for conducting...more

Fenwick & West Life Sciences Group

Biotech Industry at Inflection Point with ESG Initiatives

Corporate social responsibility is not a new concept, but in recent years there has been an increased focus by investors and other stakeholders regarding how companies are addressing their environmental, social and governance...more

King & Spalding

Europe - Between The EU Clinical Trials Regulation And The UK Guideline On Clinical Trials

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Last week the Regulation on Clinical Trials (“CTR”) finally became effective in the European Union (“EU”) and replaced the prior Clinical Trials Directive 2001/20 (“CTD”). The CTR was adopted in 2014 and was meant to enter...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

SEC Publishes Sample Letter to Companies on Environmental Disclosures

Environmental, social, and governance factors (“ESG”) have pushed to the forefront of the SEC’s attention in recent years. In September, building on prior guidance, the SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance released a sample...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New State Genetic Privacy Law Directed at Consumer Genetic Tests

Utah recently signed into law SB 227, creating the Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA). The law, which is anticipated to go into effect in May 2021, is aimed at protecting genetic data collected from direct-to-consumer...more

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