A criminal has accessed sensitive Medibank customer data, including claims information, following a recent cyberattack.
French drug giant Sanofi has appealed a decision giving American biopharmaceutical company Amgen the go-ahead for its patents for a cholesterol-lowering antibody that could be used to treat heart disease, diabetes, stroke and Alzheimer’s.
Medibank has become the latest company to fall prey to a cyberattack, but the health insurer says so far there’s no indication customer data has been compromised.
US medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific has withdrawn a controversial gag clause from of its $105 million deal to settle a class action by women allegedly injured by pelvic mesh devices after a judge raised concerns about its legality.
A judge has savaged Shine Lawyers over its failure to present a signed settlement agreement to the court a month after Johnson & Johnson Medical and unit Ethicon agreed to pay $300 million to settle two pelvic mesh class actions, ordering the firm to explain on the record what steps have been taken to finalise the settlement.
The lead applicant in a class action against Sydney-based plastic surgeon Daniel Lanzer and four of his associates wants to join the wife of one of the doctors named in the suit, brought on behalf of patients who allegedly suffered “horrific” consequences from surgeries performed at Lanzer’s clinic.
A judge has thrown out competing appeals of a decision finding Pfizer’s patent for its post-operative injectable painkiller Dynastat is valid and that Australian drug maker Juno Pharmaceuticals infringed the patent by selling generic versions of the drug in Australia.
The judge overseeing a class action against US medical device maker Boston Scientific is considering appointing a contradictor to look over the $105 million settlement reached in the case, despite seeing no obvious obstacle to approving the deal.
A judge has paused a class action on behalf of 6,000 women allegedly injured by defective pelvic mesh devices pending determination of an application by Astora Health for a stay of the proceedings following its bankruptcy filing.
The state of Victoria has brought criminal action against the DHHS over its handling of the hotel quarantine debacle in 2020 and wants to push off separate class action proceedings until the charges are heard.