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Novartis, Pharmacor resolve suit over Gilenya patents
Intellectual Property 2022-11-14 1:42 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Novartis and and generic drug maker Pharmacor have resolved litigation over the Swiss pharmaceutical giant’s patents for blockbuster MS drug Gilenya.

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Court slaps Smile Direct Club with $3.5M penalty for misleading insurance claims
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-11-11 6:12 am By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has ordered Smile Direct Club and its Australian unit to pay a $3.5 million penalty and reimburse customers for misleading them into believing they would be reimbursed by their insurers for the dental care company’s costly teeth straighteners.

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Medibank faces potential class action over breach as hacker posts data
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2022-11-08 8:12 am By Christine Caulfield

A class action investigation over the data breach that exposed the personal information of almost 10 million Medibank customers is underway, with two law firms teaming up to probe whether the private health insurer is liable for damages.

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Medibank won’t pay ransom to criminal behind cyberattack
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2022-11-07 11:30 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Medibank will not pay a ransom to a criminal who stole the data of 9.7 million customers, saying it would encourage extortion.

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Surgeon sues Nine, Fairfax for defamation
Defamation 2022-10-31 5:30 pm By Sam Matthews

A top orthopaedic surgeon and former NSW Australian of the year has sued Channel Nine and Fairfax for defamation over a recent 60 Minutes episode and articles that appeared in The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald.

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Biogen, Pharmacor lay down swords in battle over MS drug patent
Intellectual Property 2022-10-31 11:01 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Swiss pharmaceutical company Biogen and Australian generic drug maker Pharmacor have dropped their claims against one another in a lawsuit over the patent for MS drug Tecfidera. In an October 14 order by Federal Court Justice Helen Rofe, Biogen’s infringement claims and Pharmacor’s cross-claims seeking to invalidate the lucrative patent were discontinued by consent without…

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Astora’s sudden fall into bankruptcy amid pelvic mesh class action ‘troubling’, judge says
Class Actions 2022-10-26 4:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has stayed a class action on behalf of 6,000 women allegedly injured by defective pelvic mesh devices after Astora Women’s Health filed for bankruptcy in the United States, but questioned how the company had suddenly come to have no assets.

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4 million Medibank customers affected by data breach
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2022-10-26 11:17 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Medibank’s woes worsened Wednesday as the insurer revealed data for all 4 million of its current and former customers had been accessed during a cyberattack after initially reporting no customer data had been exposed.

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Bayer needs ‘thoughts and prayers’ to make out privilege claim in class action, court told
Product Liability 2022-10-25 11:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against Bayer over its allegedly defective Essure contraceptive devices has admonished the drug manufacturer’s bid to shield emails considered privileged in similar US litigation, arguing “thoughts and prayers” are needed to sustain the claim.

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Medibank data breach revealed to be wider than first thought
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2022-10-25 3:52 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The fallout from a cyberattack against Medibank continues, with the health insurer revealing sensitive claims data was accessed for customers of its main Medibank branch.

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