There's no correlation between the up-front payment made in the deal and the peak sales for the drug that was the product of the deal. Second in a series of follow-ups to IN VIVO’s 2014 study comparing/contrasting likelihood of approval and up-front payments on alliances, and the outcomes of relevant deals.

Can a false-claims suit be filed if doctors have different opinions about whether a treatment was necessary? The Supreme Court won’t say.

No device-related close-out letters were released by the US FDA last month.