10/9/2026 2:04:36 PM EU Pharmaceutical Package Moves Closer to Adoption: Focus on Antimicrobial Resistance By Nour Saab Johanna Harelimana This article is part of a series on the final agreement reached regarding the pharmaceutical package, which is currently awaiting formal...
10/6/2026 12:22:15 PM The UK’s blueprint for regulating AI in healthcare: what you need to know By Pieter Erasmus Serena Gordon Moona Malik The National Commission into the Regulation of AI in Healthcare, established by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency...
8/12/2026 12:23:21 PM AI Scribes in the NHS: From Compliance Questions to Formal Investigation By Pieter Erasmus Moona Malik Following our recent BioTalk article, Ambient Scribing in the NHS: A Compliance Framework Suppliers Cannot Ignore (30 July 2026), a...
7/10/2026 9:07:28 AM EU Pharma Package: transitional provisions By Marc Martens Maarten Princen After more than two decades, the legal architecture governing medicinal products in the European Union is being fundamentally rebuilt....
6/9/2026 2:14:52 PM Valuing Innovation Under Uncertainty: Damages and Remedies in Life Sciences Arbitration By Flore Poloni Lucile Mourey Your pipeline asset took years to develop. The partnership that was supposed to bring it to market has broken down. Now a tribunal needs...
6/3/2026 12:38:29 PM UK court grants landmark website blocking injunction against suppliers of counterfeit prescription-only medicines By Heidi Hurdle A UK judge has for the first time granted a website blocking injunction targeting counterfeit and unlicensed prescription-only medicines....
5/15/2026 12:47:03 PM Plant Breeders' Rights: what they are and why they matter By Moona Malik There is a fair chance that the seedless mandarins in your local supermarket recently featured in a case at the English High Court. The...
4/10/2026 1:28:12 PM New ICO guidance on research and data protection - have your say By Ruth Boardman The ICO is currently consulting on updates to its guidance on the Research, Archiving and Statistics (RAS) provisions, following the Data...
1/19/2026 5:16:05 PM What is the statute of limitations for personal injury claims in France? By Charles-Henri Caron Lînah Bonneville Our foreign clients often ask us about the statute of limitations for personal injury under French law. While the question may appear...
1/15/2026 1:56:33 PM Understanding the impact of the European Accessibility Act on Medical Devices By Kelly Mackey Deirdre Kilroy Understanding the impact of the European Accessibility Act on Medical Devices The European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882)...
12/2/2025 4:16:31 PM Skinny labels ≠ safe harbor: evolving liability for second medical use patents in Germany By Andreas Obermeier Anna Wolters-Höhne Recent German court decisions have fundamentally shifted the risk landscape for generic and biosimilar companies facing second medical...
10/27/2025 11:54:53 AM Navigating the interplay of MDR and AIA: New MDCG Guidance on Medical Device AI Under the EU AI Act: EU and UK perspectives By Pieter Erasmus Maud van Haaren Hester Borgers The EU regulatory landscape for medical devices making use of artificial intelligence (MDAI) has become significantly more complex with...
9/25/2025 2:34:28 PM Fit for the Future: England’s 10 Year Health Plan and Implications for US Companies By Sally Shorthose England’s National Health Service (NHS) is seen as one of the world’s most ambitious and comprehensive healthcare systems, but has been...
5/28/2025 3:09:47 PM UK Clinical Trials Regulations Overhaul By Pieter Erasmus On 12 December 2024, the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 were laid before Parliament. These were...
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...
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...