A Chicago safety-net hospital can proceed with its lawsuit alleging the state Medicaid department failed to ensure that managed care organizations promptly paid providers, a divided federal appeals court said Thursday.

A federal judge rejected Astellas Pharma Inc.’s requests to block Lupin’s and Zydus’ copies of the overactive-bladder treatment Myrbetriq during a patent-infringement suit, finding an injunction in a related appeal doesn’t change the court’s assessment that Astellas is unlikely to overcome invalidity arguments.

A federal judge in Ohio delivered a split decision in a contract dispute between a firm that helps health-care providers recover underpayments from insurers and one of its former clients.

Mallinckrodt Plc, which used Chapter 11 to resolve opioid liability, doesn’t have to pay royalty payments on a lucrative drug, an appellate court said.

Alpha Brain supplements made by Onnit Labs Inc. were deceptively marketed as supporting memory, focus, and mental processing speed because the claims were based on a flawed clinical study, a new class action alleges.

DaVita Inc. defeated a proposed class action alleging it shared the personal information of patients with Meta Platforms Inc. and Google Inc. in violation of California privacy law.