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Jeff Lombard

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When Should Companies Disclose Drug Safety Risks?

In re BioAge Labs, Inc., Securities Litigation, No. 25-cv-00196, 2025 WL 3038991 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 30, 2025) Case Highlights In October 2025, a federal district court dismissed securities claims against a biopharmaceutical company, BioAge Labs, Inc., arising from disclosures in connection with its initial public offering (“IPO”) concerning the safety of the company’s lead drug…

Life Sciences Securities Litigation Insights: Even Marketing Materials Can Subject Issuers to Securities Fraud Claim

Case Highlights: On May 7, 2024, a federal district court dismissed securities fraud claims brought against a pharmaceutical company related to a marketing slogan used to promote the company’s drug.  At issue in Sneed v. AcelRx Pharms., Inc. (“Sneed”)[1], was AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s (“AcelRx”) marketing slogan, “Tongue and Done,” used to promote its FDA-approved drug…

Executive Email Can Expose Public Companies to Securities Fraud Claim

Pizzuto v. Homology Meds., Inc., No. 1:23-CV-10858, 2024 WL 1436025 (D. Mass. Mar. 31, 2024) Case Highlight In a securities fraud action earlier this year, an executive’s statement made in an email to a single research analyst was alleged to be false or misleading. In Pizzuto v. Homology Meds (“Pizzuto”), plaintiffs brought a securities class action complaint…