Ocular Therapeutix (NSDQ:OCUL) is facing a revived class-action lawsuit lodged by investors after its share price took a hit after it revealed problems with its Dextenza device. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts in November 2017, alleged that the Bedford, Mass.-based company misled shareholders about problems found by FDA inspections in 2017 […]
Vectura wins $89.7m in patent infringement case against GlaxoSmithKline
Vectura said this week that it has settled a U.S. patent infringement litigation with GlaxoSmithKline and was awarded $89.7 million in damages. Following a jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, Ventura was awarded damages for the period from August 2016 through December 2018 for an infringement on Vectura’s U.S. […]
Ocular Therapeutix settles Mati Therapeutics patent spat, logs CMS win for Dextenza
Ocular Therapeutix (NSDQ:OCUL) said this week it settled a patent spat with Mati Therapeutics and that it won reimbursement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for its Dextenza ocular insert. In an SEC filing posted yesterday, the Bedford, Mass.-based company said that it settled its litigation with Mati Therapeutics and that both parties dismissed […]
Smiths Medical, United Therapeutics conspired to stifle generic Remodulin, Sandoz alleges
Smiths Medical allegedly conspired with United Therapeutics to stifle a generic version of pulmonary arterial hypertension drug Remodulin, according to a lawsuit filed this week by Novartis (NYSE:NVS) unit Sandoz. The Smiths Group (LON:SMIN) subsidiary, which is slated for a spinout as a separately traded company next year, makes the infusion pumps and single-use cartridges for […]
PolarityTE reveals SEC investigation
PolarityTE (NSDQ:PTE) this week revealed that it is the target of an SEC investigation into possible violations of federal securities laws. The Salt Lake City, Utah-based company said that it received a copy of a formal order of investigation from the SEC on March 4, exploring possible violations of fraud and price manipulations, according to an […]
Former PixarBio worker pleads guilty in fraud case
A former PixarBio (OTC:PXRB) employee pleaded guilty last Friday to charges of fraud and obstruction, according to a recent report from the Boston Business Journal. The employee, Jay Herod, was accused of making false statements to the SEC and impeding their investigation, as well as manipulating company stock trades and misleading investors, according to the report. […]
Baxter cleared from DoJ antitrust saline probe
Baxter (NYSE:BAX) said yesterday that it has been cleared from a U.S. Dept. of Justice antitrust probe, launched in 2017, investigating companies that market intravenous saline solutions. The probe came as hospitals endured a shortage of intravenous saline solutions, which are used to hydrate hospital patients. The shortage dates back to late 2013, after drugmakers told […]
Del. supremes uphold Fresenius bailout on Akorn buy
Delaware’s Supreme Court ruled last week to uphold a decision by the state’s Chancery Court that Fresenius (ETR:FRE) could walk away from its $4 billion merger with Akorn (NSDQ:AKRX). The initial deal was designed to help Fresenius move into new therapeutic areas and dosage forms, including eye drugs, ear drops, nasal sprays and respiratory drugs. But Fresenius abandoned the […]
Dr. Reddy’s notches win for generic Suboxone sublingual film
Shares in Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (NYSE:RDY) shot up yesterday after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a previous decision that blocked the company from selling a generic verson of Indivior‘s (LON:INDV) Suboxone buprenorphine and naloxone sublingual film. Dr. Reddy’s said it plans to resume launch activities for the product, which won FDA […]
Fresenius cleared to jilt Akorn, court rules
The Delaware Chancery Court ruled this week that it can’t force Fresenius (ETR:FRE) to follow through with its $4.75 billion merger with Akorn (NSDQ:AKRX). The deal was designed to help Fresenius move into new dosage forms and therapeutic areas, including ophthalmic drugs, ear drops, nasal sprays and respiratory drugs. But Fresenius walked away from the deal in April, […]
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