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InterMune Inc., a biopharmaceutical company based out of California, has agreed to pay the government $36.9 million to resolve criminal charges and civil liabilities in connection with allegations of illegally promoting Actimmune for treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).

A New York City attorney filed a class action complaint in the Southern District of New York on March 6, 2006, against sanofi-aventis Group, the manufacturer of the widely prescribed sleep medication Ambien. Before filing the case, the attorney interviewed people nationwide and an expert pharmacologist. All confirmed the dangerous side effects of Ambien. Four class representatives relate their experiences in the Complaint of taking Ambien for good nights sleep and waking up only to find themselves in jail, driving cars while in a hypnotic state and binge eating at night where their spouses shoveled food from their mouths. The attorney explains, "The purpose of our lawsuit is to insure Ambien warns consumers and doctors about the adverse side effects of sleep walking and sleep eating because it is unfair to Ambien users to enter this hypnotic state then sleep walk and drive, putting themselves and others in danger. You don't want to be that other person crossing the road when an Ambien user is hypnotically driving towards you. The worst part of those side effects is that these people have absolutely no memory of what happened to them after they took Ambien."

A lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed in Cook County against the Alden Group, a Chicago nursing home, argues that the hours of care provided to each resident falls short of the minimum demanded under state rules.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Northern District Court of Texas against Eyelane, Inc., a Texas optometrist for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Class members seek unpaid compensation, attorney's fees, costs and interest.

Barbara Davison, a former resident of Shoreline Healthcare Center in Long Beach, California filed a class-action lawsuit against Nursing Home operator The Ensign Group for understaffing. The lawsuit alleges unlawful business practices, unfair and fraudulent business practices, and violations of health and safety codes.

Several class actions have been filed against biopharmaceutical company IntraBiotics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (Nasdaq:IBPI) and certain of its officers and directors by stockholders who purchased the company's common stock between September 5, 2003, and June 22, 2004. The actions claim that the defendants violated federal securities laws by issuing a series of material misrepresentations to the market over this time period, thereby artificially inflating the price of the company's securities.

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