16 May 2022 Innovation, strategy and collaboration aplenty at the LSX World Congress 2022 By Lyndsey Hudson It was really fantastic to attend the LSX World Congress 2022 in London on 10th and 11th May. So many excellent conversations to be had...
11 May 2022 Telehealth is Brazil: The Bill goes to the Senate and the Federal Court of Medicine regulates the practice of telemedicine By Bruna Rocha, Juliana Marcondes, Victoria Cristofaro On April 27th, Bill n° 1998/20 was approved by the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies of Brazil is currently awaiting approval by the Senate....
14 Mar 2022 Breaking taboos: the ascension of FemTechs in the healthcare market By Bruna Rocha, Victoria Cristofaro International Women's Day, celebrated every March 8, focuses on the achievements of women over the years in the cultural, political and...
07 Mar 2022 HealthTech - Shifting Landscapes Series (Part 1): Overview By Hannah Gardiner, Eliza Saunders HealthTech: Trends and Challenges In a recent internal webinar, DLA Piper and Global Data looked into the shifting landscape of...
04 Mar 2022 The beginning of the end: FDA details roadmap to terminating COVID-19 EUAs and enforcement policies for medical devices, PPE By Melissa Gilmore In late February, 2022 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hosted a webinar detailing its current transition plans for medical...
10 Jan 2022 AI-based clinical decision-making tools need better access to more representative data By Lyndsey Hudson The launch of Nightingale Open Science last month – a new hub of medical data sets that could train AI (Artificial Intelligence) systems...
13 Dec 2021 Do medical devices have systematic bias? By Kate Burgess, Anna Ward An investigation has been launched by the UK’s Department of Health and Social Care (“DHSC”) with the overall aim of improving healthcare...
23 Nov 2021 Is the UK the right home for life sciences startups? By Lyndsey Hudson I saw this recent article highlighting the need for the UK to create a much more supportive and sustainable environment for life sciences...
08 Nov 2021 Telehealth and Australia's mental health care transformation By Matt Rozario, Greg Bodulovic, Alexandra Moore Australia continues to rapidly integrate telehealth as an accepted and much desired element of health care delivery, in particular within...
07 Oct 2021 Understanding AI and its use in drug discovery By Ellen Scordino, Susan Krumplitsch As part of our on-going podcast series - At the intersection of Science and Law, DLA Piper partners Ellen Scordino and Susan Krumplitsch...
19 May 2021 Telehealth services remain a focus for the Australian Government as funding is extended until the end of 2021 By Greg Bodulovic, Stephanie Wang The Australian Federal Government has announced an extension of telehealth funding for general practitioners, allied health providers and...
19 Apr 2021 The Digital Green Certificate: health providers as trusted attribute providers within the EU-ID framework? By Florian De Rouck, Kristof De Vulder The European Commission is currently working out a Digital Green Certificate mechanism with the eHealth Network. The setting-up of this...
22 Mar 2021 The future regulation of medical devices in the UK under the Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021 By Kate Burgess, Anna Ward The Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021 (the “MMD Act”) was granted royal assent on 11th February 2021. The MMD Act confers broad...
16 Mar 2021 Wearable technologies: legal lifecycle of taking a new product to market By Eliza Saunders, Marco de Morpurgo Wearable devices is a term used for electronic devices that can be worn on the body, either as an accessory like a watch or a pair of...
03 Feb 2021 UPDATED - Telehealth around the world: A global guide By Greg Bodulovic, Stephanie Wang DLA Piper's Life Sciences team has updated our global Telehealth Guide, which is also now available to download in Mandarin.In the Guide,...
02 Feb 2021 Upcoming changes to the regulation of software-based medical devices in Australia By Greg Bodulovic, Stephanie Wang There was an unprecedented uptake of digital technology in 2020 in the healthcare sector, and 2021 is expected to be no different. In...