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News & Analysis as of May 24, 2013

China Life Sciences Health Industry Client Briefing – April 2013 (May 15, 2013)

by Vicki Lung, Gordon B. Schatz, Katherine Yang, Amy Yin | Reed Smith on 5/15/2013

Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Health Care & Life Sciences - ..Drugs - Approval of Innovative Drugs and Key Sector Generic Drugs to be Expedited (Shanghai Securities Journal 2013-04-23): Given the...more

Capital Infusion - May 2013: Deal Spotlight: Patton Boggs Advises on Innovative Health Care Transaction

by Adam Connatser, Jon Finger, Rani Hauth Guerra, J. Atwood Jeter, David McLean | Patton Boggs LLP on 5/13/2013

Patton Boggs recently advised Satori Capital, a Dallas-based private equity firm, on its acquisition of Longhorn Health Solutions, Inc. Longhorn is headquartered in Austin, Texas and is a leading direct-to-home provider of...more

China Life Sciences Health Industry Client Briefing – January 2013 (February 21, 2013)

by Vicki Lung, Mao Rong, Gordon B. Schatz, John Tan, May Ling Wong, Jay J. Yan, Katherine Yang, Amy Yin | Reed Smith on 2/22/2013

In This Issue: Li Keqiang Comments from the 12th Plenary Meeting of the Medical Reform Leading Group (USCBC 2012-01-06) – January 6, 2013; MOH Announces Roadmap for Medical Reform (USCBC 2012-01-10) – January 10, 2013;...more

Health Care Legal News - October 25, 2012 • Volume 2, Number 9

by Dickinson Wright on 10/30/2012

In This Issue: - Five Core antitrust Principles For mergers of health insurers By: James M. Burns. On July 9, WellPoint and Amerigroup, two prominent health insurers, announced that they intended to merge in a...more

China Life Sciences and Health Industry Client Briefing – September 2012 (October 4, 2012)

by Reed Smith on 10/5/2012

In This Issue: • Merck-Simcere Joint Venture Starts Business in Pudong (Shanghai Daily 2012-09-13) – September 14, 2012 • Pfizer Joint Venture Set to Hire 600 Staff (Bloomberg News 2012-09-14) – September 14,...more

Managing the IT Transition in Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures

by Alan Hartman on 8/3/2012

Successfully completing a major transition such as a merger, acquisition, or divestiture is a tall order. Integrating information technology issues and involving the respective information technology departments is a vitally...more

Managing the IT Transition in Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures

by Matt Klein on 8/3/2012

Successfully completing a major transaction such as a merger, acquisition, or divestiture is a tall order. Integrating information technology issues and involving the respective information technology departments is a vitally...more

Life Sciences Health Industry China Briefing - June 2012 (July 20, 2012)

by Reed Smith on 7/26/2012

In This Issue: - China's Compulsory License Rule Has Drug Companies On Edge (Law360 2012-06 12) — June 14, 2012 - Beijing to Carry out Pilot Project of Separation of Dispensing from Prescription: Medical...more

New Seventh Circuit Decision Endorses Heightened Scrutiny of Experts at Class Certification Stage While Potentially Lowering the...

by Mintz Levin - Antitrust on 1/27/2012

In the health care antitrust world, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Evanston case, involving a retrospective attack on the consummated merger between Evanston Northwestern and Highland Park hospitals, is an important...more