18 Jan, 2024 SOHO ALERT: A Comprehensive Guide to the Proposed Regulation on Substances of Human Origin – Preparation Authorisation under the SoHO Proposal By Marc Martens Lora Arifagic The SoHO proposal introduces the procedure for obtaining an authorisation for SoHO preparations by the introduction of an EU-wide...
18 Dec, 2023 The Legal 500: Pharmaceutical Advertising Country Comparative Guide 2023 By Sally Shorthose Pieter Erasmus The latest edition of the Legal 500: Pharmaceutical Advertising Comparative Guide is now online. The aim of this guide is to provide its...
14 Sep, 2023 EMA’s envisaged risk-based and human-centric approach to regulate AI By Hester Borgers Christian Lindenthal, LL.M. Dr. Nils Lölfing Bird & Bird’s international life sciences and healthcare team is at the forefront of the legal developments with regard to AI and the...
10 Aug, 2023 AI and the life sciences, navigating the complex legal landscape By Hester Borgers Christian Lindenthal, LL.M. Bird & Bird’s international life sciences and healthcare team is at the forefront of the legal developments with regard to AI and the...
09 Aug, 2023 EU Commission’s proposed changes to marketing authorisation procedures By Sophie Vo Sally Shorthose This article is part of a series that covers the proposed reforms to EU pharmaceutical legislation. To view our first article and the...
07 Aug, 2023 Reforming the European pharmaceutical legislation: Shortages of medicinal products By Lora Arifagic Sarah Faircliffe This article is part of a series that covers the proposed reforms to EU pharmaceutical legislation. To view our first article and the...
26 Jul, 2023 What does the European Commission’s proposed reform of EU pharmaceutical legislation mean for Paediatric medicines? By Phillipus Putter Sarah Faircliffe This article is part of a series that covers the proposed reforms to EU pharmaceutical legislation. To view our first article and the...
12 Jul, 2023 Code of practice introduced for holding cultivated meat tastings By Emma Stok Sander Wagemakers Hester Borgers Nicolas Carbonnelle +1 more... Show less Particularly in the Netherlands, developments in the field of cultivated meat have succeeded each other rapidly over the past years....
10 Jul, 2023 Reform of the EU pharmaceutical legislation: proposals to fight against antimicrobial resistance By Sarah Faircliffe Nour Saab Johanna Harelimana This article is part of a series that covers the proposed reforms to EU pharmaceutical legislation. To view our first article and the...
04 Jul, 2023 Increased interest in the use of psychedelics as mainstream therapies By Josh Price Psychedelics have been under investigation by academics, clinicians and pharmaceutical companies for some time and the momentum and...
10 May, 2023 Proposed updates to the regulation of medical devices By Sophie Vo While it might be challenging for manufacturers of medical devices to navigate the evolving regulations of medical devices in Great...
24 Apr, 2023 An international overview of the regulatory legislation concerning telemedicine By Katrina Dang Johanna Harelimana Emma Stok Christian Lindenthal, LL.M. Hester Borgers Enrique Rivas Pieter Erasmus Patrick Brown +5 more... Show less Telemedicine has been available to healthcare providers for several years. However, it was not until quite recently that the field of...
24 Apr, 2023 The Netherlands: Tolerance policy on online prescribing of medication now embodied in new policy rule By Emma Stok Hester Borgers On 11 April 2023, the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport announced a new policy rule for the online prescription of medication,...
20 Mar, 2023 UK Spring Budget – Streamlining regulation and plans for growth in life sciences By Sally Shorthose Sophie Vo As part of last week’s Spring Budget, the UK Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, announced increased funding of £10 million for the Medicines and...
23 Dec, 2022 UK Supreme Court to assess plausibility of anaemia patents By Heidi Hurdle The UK Supreme Court has just confirmed that it will hear the appeal in FibroGen Inc v Akebia Therapeutics concerning patents for...
12 Dec, 2022 The Legal 500: Pharmaceutical Advertising Comparative Guide 2022 By Sally Shorthose Alexandre Vuchot Johanna Harelimana Christian Lindenthal, LL.M. +1 more... Show less The latest edition of the Legal 500: Pharmaceutical Advertising Comparative Guide is now online. The aim of this guide is to provide its...