Back in 2018, as part of the coalition agreement between political parties (Accord de coalition 2018-2023), the Luxembourg government...

With Circular 0081386 dated 12 November 2021, the Italian Ministry of Health confirmed that the national pre-authorization requirements...

I saw this recent article highlighting the need for the UK to create a much more supportive and sustainable environment for life sciences...

Momentum and debate about the application of cost-effectiveness analysis to determine the value and prices of prescription drugs in the...

Countries and industries have been progressively setting ‘net zero’ targets, adapting legislation and activities to move towards a...

As part of our on-going podcast series - At the intersection of Science and Law, DLA Piper partners Chris Campbell and Jody Rhodes are...

On 20 April 2021, the draft bill on hemp ("Draft Bill") was submitted to the Sejm (the lower house of the Polish Parliament). The aim of...

On 11 October 2021, the Senate of Romania adopted the following initiatives to tackle medical waste in Romania.

(i) Draft Law on the...

In its second significant recent decision addressing patent term extensions (PTEs) in Australia, the Federal Court of Australia, in Merck...

The ABPI (Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries, the UK trade association for producers of prescription medicines) launched...

As part of our on-going podcast series - At the intersection of Science and Law, DLA Piper partners Ellen Scordino and Susan Krumplitsch...

With the upcoming application of the new EU Clinical Trials Regulation (‘CTR’), the conduct of clinical trials in the European Union...

The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has introduced changes to permit the use of COVID-19 rapid antigen self-testing and...

DLA Piper’s Life Sciences team has updated our recent vaccine guide for employers. The changes include the additions of Sweden and...

In the last week of September 2021, the Polish Cabinet finally published the Plan for Rare Diseases for 2021-2023 (the "Plan"). We...

Portugal initiated the 2015/1535 notification procedure of the decree-law establishing the rules applicable to the reprocessing and...