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Dutch competition authority ACM publishes a sector report on the impact of biosimilars on competition between TNF-alfa inhibitors
The Dutch competition authority, ACM, initiated a market study in 2018 into the effect of the introduction...
October 7, 2019
5 min read
Bird & Bird secures win in preliminary injunction patent case before the Düsseldorf Courts
On September 26, 2019, the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf confirmed on appeal that Teva Pharmaceutical...
September 30, 2019
8 min read
China passed new amendments to the Drug Administration Law
By Alison Wong, Emma Ren, Yang Li On 26 August 2019, China's National People's Congress passed the final...
September 6, 2019
11 min read
French healthcare system reform : The final steps of the legislative process are expected soon
The final steps of the legislative process are expected soon. After...
July 11, 2019
3 min read
Transfer of value: amendments to the French “anti-gift” provisions by the draft Health Act
The French so-called “anti-gift” provisions strictly frame the conditions under which companies...
July 2, 2019
2 min read
From e-health to digital Health: Telemedicine, Electronic Healthcare File, Artificial Intelligence
In the last five decades we have been assisting on the digitalisation of society and consequently of...
June 24, 2019
23 min read
China to accelerate the development of “Smart Supervision System” for drug and medical devices
On 23 May 2019, the National Medical Products Administration ("NMPA") issued...
June 20, 2019
5 min read
Investing in the future of cannabis in the UK – lessons from the German model
The excitement around the potential for the UK cannabis market – medicinal and nutritional – to continue...
June 4, 2019
27 min read
Can CRISPR save the Cavendish?
The world's most popular banana is dying. Scientists are using the gene-editing mechanism CRISPR to...
May 24, 2019
5 min read
Manufacturing and stockpiling waiver set to limit rights of holders of SPCs for medicines
On 17 April 2019, the European Parliament approved, by a large majority, an amendment of the Regulation...
May 8, 2019
2 min read