Highly regulated, with strict compliance rules, work can be in-house or in collaboration with another entity. Guidance includes EU Clinical Trials Regulation practice notes and precedents on material transfer agreements.
Patents and supplementary protection certificates are significant to many life sciences businesses. We have practice notes on pharmaceutical patents, biotechnology patents, IP protection for medical devices and more.
Brexit is of huge significance for life sciences lawyers and businesses. Trackers monitor key cases, legislation and consultations of interest to the sector.
Lexis®PSL Life Sciences is an online practical guidance product for contentious and non-contentious lawyers providing advice to and supporting the UK’s Life Sciences sector.
This week's edition of Life Sciences weekly highlights includes analysis of the proposed Regulation of the European Health Data Space, news that...
Life Sciences analysis: Dr Nils Lölfing, counsel at Bird & Bird, discusses the legal framework for the re-use of health data by the industry for...
MLex: EU regulators have rejected privacy advocates' claims that the EU's new Digital Markets Act (DMA) (a gatekeeper law to curb the power of digital...
This week's edition of Life Sciences weekly highlights includes analysis of the US FDA’s use of advisory committees prior to approving drugs, analysis...
Law360, London: The reputation for quality at City law firms reassures the rest of the world that it can invest and litigate in England's courts—but...
Article 102 TFEU—the prohibition on abuse of dominanceIn the EU, unilateral or ‘dominant’ firm conduct is governed by Article 102 TFEU. In particular,...
EU antitrust investigation processThe European Commission investigates evidences or allegations of anti-competitive behaviour by companies that has an...
Arbitration—an introduction to the key features of arbitrationThis Practice Note provides an introduction to arbitration and its key features, with a...
Coronavirus (COVID-19)—EU life sciences trackerThis Practice Note tracks the developments and updates on coronavirus (COVID-19) that relate to the...
Virtual execution of documentsThis Practice Note provides practical guidance on how to execute documents properly when one or more parties to a...
Trade mark assignment—pro-assignorThis Agreement is dated [insert date]Parties1[insert name] [of OR a company incorporated in [England and Wales]...
Trade mark assignment—pro-assigneeThis Deed is made on [insert date]Parties1[insert name] [of OR a company incorporated in [England and Wales] under...
Patent licence—pro-licensorThis Agreement is dated [insert date]Parties1[insert name] [of OR a company incorporated in [insert jurisdiction, eg...
Patent licence—pro-licenseeThis Agreement is dated [insert date]Parties1[insert name] [of OR a company incorporated in [insert jurisdiction, eg...
Material transfer agreementThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[Insert the company name] a company registered in [England and Wales] under company...
Joint, several, and joint and several liabilityContractWhere a contract is made by two or more parties it may contain a promise or obligation made by...
The regulation of medical devices in the UKThis Practice Note provides an overview of the UK regulatory regime for medical devices. It explains the...
1 Definitions 1.1 In this clause: Background Intellectual Property means any and all Intellectual Property...
Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021This Practice Note provides an overview of the Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021 (MMDA 2021) which, in...
Key definitions under data protection lawOn 31 January 2020, the UK ceased to be a member of the EU and EEA. Given the extensive data flows between...
The Vertical Restraints Block ExemptionThe Vertical Restraints Block Exemption Regulation (VRBE, Regulation No 330/2010) defines a category of...
Joint ownership of intellectual property rightsWhen parties collaborate on creative projects or research and development, complex questions arise...
Introduction to borderline productsThis Practice Note provides an introduction to the concept of borderline products, how the regulatory status of...
Background Intellectual Property ...
Data portabilityUK and EU data protection laws each include a right to data portability. This right allows individuals to obtain from a controller a...
Powers of attorney in commercial transactionsCommercial lawyers will regularly come across situations where third parties are executing documents as...
1 No partnership or agency—short form Nothing in this agreement constitutes, or will be deemed to constitute, a partnership...
IP Rights and abuse of dominanceIntellectual Property Rights (‘IPRs’) enable their owner to exclude third parties from use of the relevant protected...
Exceptions and defences to patent infringementA ‘patent’ is a document conferring so-called monopoly rights to an inventor. A patent protects new...
Case T- 691/14 Servier v Commission et al (pay–for–delay) [Archived]ARCHIVED—this achieved case hub reflects the position at the date of the decision...
Declaration of a director's interests—articles of associationA director who is in any way, directly or indirectly, interested in:•a proposed...
Material transfer agreementThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[Insert the company name] a company registered in [England and Wales] under company...
Financial support for a spouse or civil partner or child that can be enforced by law.
The term whereby an employer makes a payment to an employee on an 'ex-gratia' basis on termination of employment.
The time remaining until the final payment on the bond.
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