6/17/2025 10:01:11 PM Tax Court Says AbbVie's $1.6B Break Fee Payment to Shire Properly Deducted as Ordinary Expense By Vanessa Park-Thompson A break fee in a merger-gone-south can be deducted as an ordinary expense, the U.S. Tax Court held today, finding for biopharmaceutical...
6/13/2025 6:42:19 PM From AI to IP: What’s Shaping Biotech in 2025? By Rob Freedman Jon McMichael Chen Chen As BIO 2025 approaches in Boston, eight pivotal trends are emerging at the intersection of science, business, IP, and regulation:...
6/10/2025 10:53:08 PM Angel Investing in 2025: A New Era of Discipline, Relationships & Diligence By Michael Esquivel I recently had the chance to contribute to a thoughtful and timely piece by my good friend and podcast co-host, Halle Tecco. After 15...
5/21/2025 9:08:42 PM CMS Seeks Public Input to Modernize the Digital Health Ecosystem for Medicare Beneficiaries By Jefferson Lin The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a new Request for Information (RFI) aimed at transforming how digital...
5/2/2025 6:36:20 PM Diagnosing the Digital Divide in Women's Health By Jennifer Yoo Last year saw growing investment in digital health startups addressing women+ health needs—but women still lag behind men when it comes...
3/24/2025 6:30:08 PM A Recent Tax Ruling Has Made ANDA Litigation Less Burdensome for Generics By Vanessa Park-Thompson In Actavis v. U.S., a case at the intersection of tax law and patent law, the Federal Circuit held that generic drug companies’...
3/11/2025 4:52:23 PM SEC Expansion of Availability of Confidential Submissions of Registration Statements Could Help Life Sciences Companies Raise Capital By Rob Freedman In an attempt to facilitate capital raising, the SEC announced that it was expanding the ability of issuers to submit draft registration...
2/27/2025 7:42:38 PM 2025 Life Sciences M&A Trends in Earnouts and Antitrust By Rob Freedman Life sciences M&A comes with unique challenges that require thoughtful and creative structuring. Bridging valuation gaps between buyers...
2/13/2025 3:20:05 PM The Life Sciences IPO Market Is Off to a Solid Start in 2025 - Is Your Company Ready? By Rob Freedman Various biotech companies have completed or launched their IPOs so far in 2025. As of early February, five sizeable life sciences...
1/22/2025 9:25:06 PM Fenwick Takes Home Double Win: Named Law360 ‘Practice Group of the Year’ for Tech and Life Sciences By Fenwick . Underscoring the exceptional value of a firm that’s purpose-built for tech and life sciences, Law360 named Fenwick a 2024 Practice Group...
12/3/2024 7:43:40 PM Is the SEC Cracking Down on Life Science Companies Misleading Investors? By Merritt Steele On December 3, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission settled charges against biotherapeutics company Kiromic BioPharma, Inc., its...
11/6/2024 12:21:31 AM We're Back from The 2024 Digital Health Counsel AI Summit! By Jennifer Yoo Jefferson Lin Zach Harned After attending the 2024 Digital Health Counsel AI Summit, the transformative impact of AI and data-driven innovation on healthcare is...