A California judge may soon provide a clearer picture of what it will cost drug makers including Johnson & Johnson and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.to resolve liability for their role in the U.S. opioid epidemic.

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. was told by U.S. regulators to stop making Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine at a facility where 15 million doses worth of a key ingredient had to be discarded, adding to roadblocks preventing wider use the single-dose shot.

Immunomedics Inc. lost its bid Monday to escape claims in Delaware Chancery Court that it repeatedly breached its founder’s severance package and a settlement deal resolving earlier litigation over his ouster after a hedge fund’s hostile takeover.

A lawsuit alleging Black Diamond Supplements LLC failed to warn California consumers about a cancer-causing chemical in its protein powder will have a second shot at showing the company violated state law, after an appellate court revived the claims.

A Louisiana hospital breached its contract with a psychiatric practice group by entering into a contract with an insurer that impaired the group’s ability to bill patients and payers directly, a state appeals court said.

Covid-19 infection and death rates in Israel -- the world’s most vaccinated country -- are falling roughly in line with the order in which various age groups gained eligibility to get their shots, according to a study showing the campaign’s impact.