Off-label use of medication is currently not regulated in Romania. Rather, it is up to the doctors to decide on the off-label use of a...

An investigation has been launched by the UK’s Department of Health and Social Care (“DHSC”) with the overall aim of improving healthcare...

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...

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

Key Points: 

• For the privately insured, Medicare, and uninsured populations, the prevalence of the use of preventive care services...

On 30 June 2021, a draft bill amending the Act of 12 May 2011 on the Reimbursement of Medicines, Foodstuffs for Special Nutritional...

The Australian Federal Government has announced an extension of telehealth funding for general practitioners, allied health providers and...

Following the European Commission's (EC) adoption of a proposal for a Regulation on health technology assessment (HTA) in 2018, and the...

The Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021 (the “MMD Act”) was granted royal assent on 11th February 2021. The MMD Act confers broad...

The IPHA has updated its self-governance and advertising codes; key updates for those in the pharma sector.

The Irish Pharmaceutical...

Earlier this month (March 2021) the Polish Ministry of Health prepared and submitted the Plan for Rare Diseases to the Chancellery of the...

The global outlook for M&A in the digital health and particularly the telehealth sector has never been brighter than today.

Significant technological and scientific development over the last few years has shown that the EU’s framework on blood, tissues and cells (

At a time when the importance of the life sciences industry to our daily lives has never been clearer, the UK Government has been...

Portugal published Law no. 4-C/2021, which transposes the Directive (EU) 2020/2020 from the 7th of December 2020, as regards temporary...