14 Oct, 2024 Fight against medicine shortages: the French Medicines Agency (ANSM) imposes fines totalling €8 million By Caroline Arrighi-Savoie Johanna Harelimana Nahla Ghouali On 24 September, the French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM) announced fines totalling €8 million...
02 Oct, 2024 Navigating the Complex Landscape of Merger Control and Foreign Direct Investment in Life Sciences in the EU and UK By James Baillieu Dr Saskia King In the rapidly evolving world of life sciences, merger control and foreign direct investment (“FDI”) regimes have emerged as key...
27 Feb, 2024 Principle of Automatic Substitution by Biosimilars By Johanna Harelimana Nour Saab Caroline Arrighi-Savoie Like generic medicines, biological medicines that are very similar to another biological medicine (biosimilars) are included in a list...
02 Feb, 2023 Reminder of the key requirements of the anti-gift law following the €1 million+ fine of a pharmaceutical company By Nour Saab Alexandre Vuchot Johanna Harelimana Breach of the “anti-gift” law An investigation by the Directorate General for Fair Trading, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (“DGCCRF”)...
13 Jan, 2023 Cannabidiol (CBD): Annulment of the order prohibiting the sale of cannabis flowers and leaves By Nour Saab Johanna Harelimana Alexandre Vuchot The Council of State (Conseil d’Etat) has recently annulled the government order prohibiting the sale of cannabis flowers and leaves with...