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FDA Targets Copycat Weight Loss Drugs in Blow to Hims & Hers

The US Food and Drug Administration said it would crack down on copycat weight-loss drugs like those marketed by Hims & Hers Health Inc. just a day after the telehealth firm started offering a deeply discounted knock-off pill.

A Decade of Accidental Shootings Hasn’t Slowed Top Pistol Maker

In 2010 a group of weapons technicians gathered at the training academy of Sig Sauer Inc. for a routine test referred to as the “shake and bake.” The technicians, a mix of military and law enforcement professionals, had reached the final round of a course certifying them to repair Sig firearms. To graduate they needed to strip a couple dozen pistols, all from the gunmaker’s P226 DAK line, down to their screws and springs. They would scramble the parts in a bin, then set about reassembling each gun from scratch.

TPG Hit With $1 Billion Fraud Suit Over Exactech Bankruptcy

TPG Inc. forced medical implant maker Exactech Inc. into a bankruptcy restructuring as part of a wide-ranging scheme to dodge billions in liability through fraudulent transfers among shell entities, according to a lawsuit unsealed Friday.

Uber Jury Awards $8.5 Million Damages in Sexual Assault Case

Uber Technologies Inc. was hit with $8.5 million in damages in a trial over a 19-year-old woman’s claim that she was raped by her driver in Arizona, raising the rideshare giant’s risk of a costly settlement to resolve thousands of similar cases.

PFAS: The 'Forever Chemicals'

The EPA says more than 600 PFAS chemicals are in the marketplace in the U.S. While states are racing to regulate PFAS, while the federal government lags.

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