31 May, 2023 Expert witnesses in Australian patent litigation - Recent federal court decisions reinforce the need to choose your expert witnesses carefully By Nicholas Tyacke Robynne Sanders Greg Bodulovic Alexandra de Zwart Jordan Davis +2 more... Show less The role of the expert witness is often crucial in Australian patent litigation, especially where the invention in question is...
22 Mar, 2024 Merger Control – European Commission’s power to review transactions under Article 22 at risk By Joost Haans In the much reported Illumina / Grail case, the European Commission (“Commission”) relied on Article 22 of the EU Merger Regulation...
12 Dec, 2023 Uprooting Algorithmic Bias: How life sciences and healthcare organisations can minimise biased outcomes in the use of AI By Nicholas Tyacke Alex Horder Alexandra de Zwart Jordan Davis +1 more... Show less Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already altering the way we live and work, providing both opportunities to grow and challenges to...
12 Nov, 2024 DLA Piper Genomics Series: CRISPR/Cas patent disputes – the position in Australia By Nicholas Tyacke Alex May The development of Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein (Cas) systems for genome...
31 Oct, 2024 Medicines Australia Code of Conduct – New Edition Released By Nicholas Tyacke Greg Bodulovic Alexandra de Zwart Hazel Pang +1 more... Show less On 30 October 2024, Medicines Australia (MA) formally adopted a new edition (Edition 20) of the MA Code of Conduct (MA Code), which will...
31 Jul, 2024 Australia implements further vaping reforms By Greg Bodulovic Nicholas Tyacke Alexandra de Zwart Hazel Pang +1 more... Show less On 26 June 2024, Australia’s second stage vaping reform bill, the Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Vaping Reforms) Bill...
25 Jul, 2024 Australia Regulator Cracks Down on Unlawful Advertising of Medicinal Cannabis By Greg Bodulovic Nicholas Tyacke Alexandra de Zwart Hazel Pang +1 more... Show less Recent enforcement by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) indicates that the regulator is actively monitoring and...
09 Apr, 2024 Australia’s Second Stage Vaping Reforms Bill Introduced By Greg Bodulovic Nicholas Tyacke Tudor Filaret Hazel Pang +1 more... Show less On 21 March 2024, the second stage of Australia’s vaping reforms bill was introduced before the Australian Parliament. The Therapeutic...
30 Jan, 2024 Regulation of Life Sciences AI in Australia By Nicholas Tyacke Alexandra de Zwart Alex Horder Jordan Davis +1 more... Show less In an important development for life sciences and healthcare companies (et al), on 17 January 2024 and after receiving over 500...
23 Jan, 2024 “March-in” rights and life sciences inventions in Australia: Is the position in Australia the same as under the US Bayh-Dole Act? By Nicholas Tyacke Greg Bodulovic Jess McKenna Recent statements and actions by the US Biden Administration regarding march-in rights and drug pricing have made these issues a hot...
04 Dec, 2023 Vapes banned from January 2024 under Australian reforms By Greg Bodulovic Nicholas Tyacke Tudor Filaret Hazel Pang Shawn Wang +2 more... Show less The Australian Federal Government has announced the first stage of Australia’s vaping reforms, which are set to commence on 1 January...
15 Nov, 2023 Unscripted mishap: Australian telehealth provider fined for advertising prescription medicines By Greg Bodulovic Nicholas Tyacke Tudor Filaret Hazel Pang +1 more... Show less The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has fined InstantScripts, a major Australian telehealth service provider, $742,500 for alleged...
10 Oct, 2023 Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) seizes millions of dollars’ worth of vaping products By Greg Bodulovic Nicholas Tyacke Tudor Filaret Hazel Pang +1 more... Show less On 2 May 2023, the Australian Federal Government announced significant vaping reforms and allocated AU $737 million in the 2023-24 Budget...
20 Sep, 2023 Sex bias, racial bias and AI – An ESG issue for the life sciences and healthcare sectors By Nicholas Tyacke Greg Bodulovic Alexandra de Zwart Alex Horder Jordan Davis +2 more... Show less It is increasingly important for organisations wishing to be good corporate citizens to have robust policies in place surrounding the...
18 Sep, 2023 If it Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix it: The Repair Defence in Australian Patent Litigation By Nicholas Tyacke Robynne Sanders Greg Bodulovic Alexandra de Zwart Jordan Davis +2 more... Show less The quintessential right of a patentee is to exclusively exploit their invention (and authorise others to do so) during the term of the...
04 Jul, 2023 Updated telehealth guidelines to increase protection for patients By Greg Bodulovic Nicholas Tyacke Alex Horder Alexandra de Zwart Tudor Filaret Sharon Zhang +3 more... Show less The Medical Board of Australia (MBA) has issued updated guidelines for telehealth consultations between medical doctors and patients that...