18 Sep, 2024 Brazil: Class Council Vs. Legislative Power - who should regulate the relationships between physicians and the healthcare industry? By Bruna Rocha Juliana Marcondes Victoria Cristofaro Camila Dulcine +1 more... Show less Resolution 2,386/2024 of the CFM aims to regulate the physician-healthcare industry relationship by prioritizing a transparent and...
13 Sep, 2024 Navigating the Evolving Regulatory Landscape: The Role of Strategic Partnerships in Biopharmaceuticals By Bruna Rocha Victoria Cristofaro Camila Dulcine Decoding the regulatory conundrum Biopharmaceutical companies are navigating an increasingly complex global regulatory landscape that...
05 Jun, 2024 MHRA statement describing draft policy for international recognition of medical devices By Ataikor Ngerebara Charlotte Doyle On 21 May 2024, the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (“MHRA”) issued a Statement of Policy Intent on International...
15 May, 2024 New Belgian tax to combat medicine shortages costs By Jean-Christophe Top Marco de Morpurgo Nicolas Engelmann On Wednesday May 8th 2024, the Belgian Parliament adopted a new law to combat the costs arising from the unavailability of medicinal...
18 Apr, 2024 Managed Entry Agreements (MEAs) under scrutiny once more in Belgium By Jean-Christophe Top Joost Haans Marco de Morpurgo Lyndsey Hudson +1 more... Show less Impressive advancements in the pharma industry provide hope to patients affected by debilitating and life-threatening diseases and a...
12 Mar, 2024 Life Sciences Regulation in the EU: Overview By Marco de Morpurgo Nicola Landolfi Nadia Feola Heidi Waem +1 more... Show less DLA Piper's Life Sciences Regulatory team, led by Marco de Morpurgo, recently produced a Q&A guide to life sciences regulation in the EU...
08 Jan, 2024 Portugal | Removal of the retail price of medicines from labelling and packaging By Mariana Ricardo Since 2006, when the Medicines Code was approved in Portugal, marketing authorisation holders had to include the retail selling price of...
21 Dec, 2023 Our predictions for life sciences in 2024 By DLA Piper Life Sciences As the New Year is fast approaching, we asked members of our international Life Sciences team to share their predictions of what will be...
23 Nov, 2023 UK CMA publishes Competition Law Guidance for Cooperations on Combination Therapies By Alexandra Kamerling Executive Summary Combination therapies involve the use of two or more separate medicines in combination to treat a disease. It can be...
29 May, 2023 EU Pharma Law Forum 2023 - competition highlights By Joost Haans On 23 May 2023, Joost Haans from our Life Sciences team attended the EU Pharma Law Forum in Brussels where he participated in the...
26 May, 2023 EU Pharma Law Revision: First Reactions and Next Steps By Marco de Morpurgo Laetitia Mouton Mary Foord-Weston Exactly one month ago, on 26 April 2023, the European Commission (EC) adopted its long-awaited proposal for the revision of the EU...
19 May, 2023 Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency updates regulation that governs requirements for clinical laboratory tests By Bruna Rocha Juliana Marcondes Victoria Cristofaro On May 3rd of this year, Anvisa approved Resolution No. 786/2023 ("RDC 786/2023"), which addresses the technical and health requirements...
28 Apr, 2023 The UK voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access (VPAS): just what the doctor ordered, or a bitter pill to swallow? By Michael Stead Martha Pownall On the 1 April this year, amidst storm clouds gathering above the NHS in the form of staffing strikes, record waiting times and chronic...
12 Apr, 2023 The New Italian Public Contracts Code By Giorgia Romitelli Roberta Moffa Anna Mazzoncini Riccardo Scioscia +1 more... Show less As of March 28, The Italian Council of Ministers have approved the new Public Contracts Code. The Legislative Decree No. 36 of March 31,...
04 Apr, 2023 You say “ed”, they say “ad”: The fine line between lawful educational campaigns and unlawful advertising of therapeutic goods in Australia By Nicholas Tyacke Greg Bodulovic Alexandra de Zwart Companies operating in the life sciences industry play a vital role in raising awareness of diseases and other medical conditions,...
14 Mar, 2023 Advertising therapeutic goods in Australia (don't let your ad make you sad) By Nicholas Tyacke Greg Bodulovic Alexandra de Zwart Due to a complex array of legislation, regulations and codes, advertising therapeutic goods in compliance with Australian law can be a...