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ArticleUK immigration reform – implications for life sciences
This article offers key industry perspectives on the UK government’s recent immigration whitepaper and highlights the challenge of balancing economic growth and attracting skilled talent.
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ArticleRegulating decentralised manufacturing in the UK – a legal perspective
Harry Jennings, Partner at VWV, discusses the UK's new framework governing point of care (POC) and modular manufacturing and its implications for manufacturers and marketing authorisation holders in the UK.
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ArticleThe EU AI Act: will regulation drive life science innovation away from Europe?
Mike King, Senior Director, Product & Strategy (Quality, Regulatory, Safety & Detect), Digital Products & Solutions at IQVIA and Alex Denoon, Partner at Bristows Law Firm, explore the challenges of implementing the EU AI Act and the impact of GDPR requirements in life sciences.
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ArticleBridging the healthcare digital divide: a gradual approach to adopting ePI
As the global healthcare landscape moves towards a digital transformation, a balanced approach that unites electronic product information (ePI) with traditional paper leaflets can help ensure every European citizen, irrespective of their digital access, has unencumbered access to critical medical information. Here, Ataa Elfaquih from MLPS, a subgroup of the ...
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ArticleUnderstanding the evidence used in drug product withdrawals
Samantha Lane, Head of Research for the Centre of Pharmacovigilance Sciences at the Drug Safety Research Unit discusses drug product withdrawals and the regulatory shift to a greater reliance on epidemiological and observational research as evidence for these decisions within Europe.
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ArticleThe Unified Patent Court: assessing the impact on European life sciences patent litigation
Paul England, senior counsel in Taylor Wessing's Patents Group, examines the burgeoning influence of the Unified Patent Court and unitary patents within the life sciences sector. How popular are unitary patents and do they have potential to reshape European life sciences patent litigation?
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ArticleThe European Commission proposals – what practical impact?
The European Commission has published its much-anticipated proposed revisions to the EU pharmaceutical legislation. While not as extensive as some had anticipated, with elements such as the supplementary protection certificate – the demise of which has been foretold for years – continuing albeit in a different form, Elisabethann Wright, Partner, ...
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NewsFDA warning letters highlight CAPA concerns
Several FDA warning letters distributed to pharmaceutical manufacturers in 2023 have warned of numerous corrective and preventive action (CAPA) compliance concerns.
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ArticlePreparing for stricter standards on substances of human origin
Manufacturers of innovative therapies and other stakeholders handling blood, tissues and cells must prepare for stronger European rules. Ulf Grundmann, Elisabeth Kohoutek and Lara Sophie Hucklenbroich of King & Spalding elaborate on what this means for manufacturers of advanced therapy medicinal products.
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NewsPharma responds to proposed EU pharmaceutical legislation reform
Industry bodies EPFIA and the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine and law firm Pinsent Masons have responded to the recent proposed revision of the EU pharmaceutical legislation.
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ArticleEuropean Pharmaceutical Review Issue 2 2023
EPR Issue 2 includes articles on the future of cell and gene therapy, the potential of AAV gene therapies, NMR relaxometry and more…
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NewsGeneric manufacturers sign sublicences to produce long-acting HIV medicine
Sublicence agreements signed by the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and three generic manufacturers could enable millions to access a long-acting HIV medicine.
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ArticleParallel import of medicinal products: regulatory update
Andrzej Siwiec and Katarzyna Bajer of DBS Law discuss recent rulings on the parallel import of medicinal products in the European Union.
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ArticleFive potential EU regulatory changes impacting the life sciences industry in 2023
Elizabeth Anne Wright, Head of the EU regulatory life sciences team at law firm Cooley, and associates Jessica Koffel and Edward Turtle look ahead at EU regulatory milestones for the life sciences sector in 2023. Five key areas of potential change include: clinical trials, medical devices, pharmaceutical legislation, class actions ...