By Katherine Cheng

Companies in the health care industry are on the front lines of responding to the COVID 19 pandemic. Health care companies—broadly defined to include hospitals and healthcare systems, insurers, pharmacies, and medical device and product manufacturers and distributors—face a number of legal challenges arising out of the pandemic, from evolving regulatory guidance to potential risk in contracts, collaboration, public disclosures, and more. The analysis below highlights key legal issues and questions that companies in the health care industry may face. More