2/21/2025 10:24:24 AM EPO Board of Appeal Decides Pig/Human Chimera Patent Offends Human Dignity By Quinn Liang Mario Subramaniam The EPO Board of Appeal (“BoA”) recently rejected a patent application relating to pig-human chimeras, concluding that the invention was...
2/17/2025 8:30:15 AM A Sea Change for Pharma: EU's Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive and its Cost Implications By Marc Martens Kevin Munungu Lungungu A new European directive is set to significantly impact pharmaceutical companies operating within the European Union. Directive (EU)...
1/30/2025 9:28:21 AM New Policy for Compassionate Use Programs By Hester Borgers Maud van Haaren The Dutch Medicines Evaluation Board (MEB) has recently published a new policy for Compassionate Use Programmes (CUP).[1] To support the...
1/22/2025 11:28:54 AM EMA’s finalised reflection paper on the use of AI By Hester Borgers Maud van Haaren On 9 September 2024 the European Medicines Agency (“EMA”) issued its final reflection paper on the use of AI in the medicinal product...
11/26/2024 2:22:35 PM IPOs in Life Sciences By James Baillieu Fiona McFarlane The amount of capital required to develop and bring a drug to market is significant. It is estimated that it costs US$1-2 billion to...
11/13/2024 1:39:46 PM M&A in Life Sciences By James Baillieu Companies in the life sciences sector and its sub-sectors, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostics and services, are...
11/4/2024 10:13:36 AM Licensing and Collaborations in Life Sciences By James Baillieu Sally Shorthose There is a huge cost of bringing a pharmaceutical product to market, with estimates ranging from US$1-2 billion to take a product from...
10/28/2024 12:00:05 PM EU Pharmaceutical Reform: Update on the proposed changes to paediatric medicinal product legislation By Phillipus Putter This article is part of our series covering the proposed reforms to the EU pharmaceutical legislation. To view the entire series, click...
10/18/2024 10:26:12 AM Venture Capital and Venture Debt in Life Sciences By James Baillieu In recent decades, venture capital (VC) has played an increasingly important role in the high-risk and high-reward life sciences sector....
9/11/2024 1:04:51 PM EU Pharmaceutical Reform: Update on the proposed changes to marketing authorisation procedures By Sally Shorthose Sophie Vo This article is part of our series covering the proposed reforms to the EU pharmaceutical legislation. To view the entire series, click...
9/5/2024 1:59:03 PM What do the Political Guidelines for the Next European Commission bring to the life sciences & healthcare industry? By Hester Borgers Ana-Maria Barbu-Nyström On 18 July 2024 President Von der Leyen laid down the path for the next European Commission in her Political Guidelines for the next...