The family of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were used without consent to create the first immortalized human cell line, can proceed with a lawsuit against Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical. The lawsuit alleges that the company made a fortune by using her stolen cells to develop gene therapy treatments. A federal judge in Maryland ruled in favor of the Lacks estate, allowing them to pursue compensation for the unjust enrichment claim related to the HeLa cells.
"Today, the court reaches one modest conclusion about this dispute: If what Lacks alleges is true, it is plausible that Ultragenyx is liable to Lacks for unjust enrichment," wrote U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman. https://t.co/qQjQIlbRG5
A biopharmaceutical company couldn't find the exit from a suit alleging it illegally made a "huge profit" off the cells of Henrietta Lacks. Law360's Healthcare Authority looks at this and other notable developments in litigation over the past week. https://t.co/dHPiEi5WWt
Biotech company @Ultragenyx has failed to get a judge to agree to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the #HenriettaLacks estate that claims it profited from HeLa cells taken from her decades ago. https://t.co/zdNFy56DNJ
The family of Henrietta Lacks can move forward with a lawsuit against the pharmaceutical company Ultragenyx. https://t.co/y32JJD5wK5
READING: Henrietta Lacks’ family can proceed in lawsuit against pharmaceutical company https://t.co/DMYOYRUvjf
The family of Henrietta Lacks has scored a major win in their fight to be compensated for her revolutionary HeLa cells. https://t.co/y32JJD5wK5
A federal judge in Maryland has ruled that the estate of Henrietta Lacks can proceed with its lawsuit alleging that a pharmaceutical company unjustly profited from use of her “immortal” cells. https://t.co/QFqJUbs5RM
The family of Henrietta Lacks can pursue compensation from a pharmaceutical company over its use of her HeLa cells, which have been influential in modern medicine after being taken without her consent decades ago https://t.co/Tf1bjAfgIP
The family of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose “immortal cell line” has led to medical innovations, such as the polio vaccine and gene mapping, can proceed with its lawsuit against Ultragenyx. https://t.co/bdYv8zCsq5
Unjust Enrichment Claim Regarding Henrietta Lacks' Cells May Proceed Against Pharma Company https://t.co/HWL3SuM770
'Restoring Dignity to Henrietta Lacks': Unjust Enrichment Claim Regarding 'HeLa Cells' May Proceed Against Pharma Company https://t.co/M555nrcZUJ
Ultragenyx must face Henrietta Lacks family lawsuit over HeLa cell profits #HeLa https://t.co/5Ay5hAxnEe
The family of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cells were harvested to create the first immortalized human cell line, can purse their suit alleging Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical "made a fortune" using her stolen cells to develop gene therapy treatments. https://t.co/sZX8hVlYia