From GSK agreeing to settle 80,000 Zantac-related lawsuits, to a coalition of states and nonprofits suing HHS and CMS over a nursing home staffing rule, here are 12 recent healthcare industry lawsuits, settlements, and legal developments Becker's has reported since Oct. 4:
1. GSK reached agreements with 10 plaintiff firms to settle around 80,000 state court product liability cases related to its heartburn medication, Zantac, for $2.2 billion.
2. Twenty states and 19 nonprofit organizations filed a lawsuit against the HHS and CMS over a nursing home staffing level mandate.
3. Thirty-five women who allege they were abused by a California OB-GYN are suing him, Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and other medical practices where he worked.
4. Albany (N.Y.) Med Health System filed a lawsuit against Capital District Physicians Health Plan, accusing the payer of withholding at least $50 million from Albany Medical Center for care the hospital provided to CDPHP beneficiaries.
5. UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health and Cigna are asking that Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Lina Khan and two other commissioners recuse themselves from a lawsuit accusing the nation's largest pharmacy benefit managers of inflating insulin prices.
6. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from the Biden administration that sought to enforce federal guidance in Texas that requires hospitals to perform abortions in emergency cases.
7. A group representing companies that produce copycat versions of Eli Lilly weight loss medications filed a lawsuit against the FDA following the agency's recent decision to remove the drugs from its shortage list.
8. The nation's highest court rejected an appeal to overturn a $64.6 million antitrust judgment against Martin Shkreli after inflating the price of a lifesaving anti-infection drug.
9. A judge dismissed the open meetings lawsuit filed by former MetroHealth CEO Akram Boutros, MD, ending the only pending case he has filed against the organization's board.
10. A South Carolina judge denied Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health's bid to dismiss a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing the system of overbilling Medicaid patients.
11. St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital gained additional support for its appeal in a case that was made famous by a Netflix documentary.
12. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against major insulin manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers over an alleged conspiracy to increase insulin prices.