Research and development is key to innovation in the life sciences sector. A highly regulated sector with stringent compliance rules, work can be done in-house, or in collaboration with another entity. Key guidance includes practice notes on The EU Clinical Trials Regulation and precedents on material transfer agreements.
IP rights are extremely important in the innovative life sciences sector, with patents and supplementary protection certificates being of particular significance to many life sciences businesses. We provide practice notes on pharmaceutical patents, biotechnology patents, intellectual property protection for medical devices and more.
Brexit is of huge significance for life sciences lawyers and businesses. The life sciences sector is one of the most highly regulated and harmonised industry sectors at EU level. Trackers monitor key cases, legislation and consultations of interest to the sector .
Our content is written and structured to cover each stage in the life-cycle of a Life Sciences product from research and development to manufacturing, marketing and sale, including analyses of sector specific IP and data protection issues.
Our practice notes set out key principles supported by relevant authority and links through to in-depth commentary and underlying sources in Lexis®Library, all of which are designed to speed up the task of advising in this fast-moving and innovative sector.
LexisPSL Life Sciences is supported by an in-house legal team with extensive experience in practice and dedicated to producing content specifically for busy practitioners. This experience, combined with extensive customer research, has shaped our practical guidance on issues affecting the UK’s Life Sciences sector. We have built and continue to develop our product with the assistance of leading experts in the field.
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Commercial analysis: Once a real property disposition to which a company is party has been registered, any insufficiency of execution for the company...
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MLex: Changes to UK protections for automated processing of personal data are among a flurry of proposals to reboot the country’s post-Brexit data...
The EU MDR and IVDR implementing acts and guidance trackerThis Practice Note tracks the progress of implementing acts, guidance and key initiatives to...
Legal professional privilege in civil proceedingsThis Practice Note considers legal professional privilege (LPP), which is made up of legal advice...
Privilege—loss or waiver of privilegeThis Practice Note looks at loss of privilege in civil litigation in the context of legal professional privilege...
An introduction to the regulation of medicinal productsEU and UK legal framework governing medicinal productsA complex array of requirements and...
Enforcement of the rules on advertising and promotion of medicinal productsIP COMPLETION DAY: The Brexit transition period ended at 11pm on 31...
Privacy policy—general commercial organisation—customer-facingSTOP PRESS: In September 2021 the European Data Protection Board published a binding...
Sustainability definitions (The Chancery Lane Project)100% Renewable Energy and Renewable Energy Sources100% Renewable Energy•means an energy system...
Executing documents—training materialsThese Training Materials provide an introduction to execution and cover the principal areas of executing simple...
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...
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...
Conditions precedent in commercial contractsThis Practice Note considers the meaning and use of conditions precedent in commercial arrangements. It...
An intellectual property (IP) owner may choose to license its IP to a third party. This can be an effective route to generating revenue while...
Co-operative and community benefit societiesWhat is a co-operative or community benefit society?A co-operative society or community benefit society...
Rome II—application and interpretationThis Practice Note is for use when determining applicable law in respect of events giving rise to damage, where...
Brexit—exiting the EU under Article 50 [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice Note contains...
Antibiotic drug Nitrofurantoin (AMCo, Morningside Healthcare, Morningside Pharmaceuticals and Alliance Healthcare) (50507)CASE HUB See further,...
Rome Convention—introduction and interpretation [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.The UK is no longer...
Many companies and government bodies (such as HMRC) have been exposed to loss of confidential information and many other breaches of confidentiality...
Introduction to retained EU lawThis Practice Note provides an introduction to retained EU law. It provides an overview of the key definitions and...
1 Counterparts—agreement 1.1 This agreement may be signed in any number of separate counterparts, each of which when...
Model ADR clausesThis Practice Note considers model form alternative dispute resolution (ADR) clauses provided by a number of service providers,...
Requirements of the company sealThis Practice Note provides practical guidance regarding the requirements of the company seal. Where a company has a...
Brexit implementation period—enforcement [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice Note considers...
SubcontractingThis Practice Note examines the following legal and practical matters in relation to entering into a subcontract or when granting...
ScopeThis Practice Note explains trade mark law on parallel trade. Parallel imports, or ‘grey market’ goods, are genuine goods that are placed on the...
Indirect discrimination under section 19 of the Equality Act 2010 occurs where a provision, criterion or practice (PCP) is imposed uniformly but with discriminatory consequences.
In a poll vote, votes on a resolution are calculated by reference to the number of shares held by members present at the meeting in person, by proxy or corporate representative and members casting votes in advance, rather than by reference to the number of physical attendees at the meeting.
A warranty is a term of a contract, the breach of which entitles the innocent party to terminate the contract and claim damages, or affirm the contract despite the breach and claim damages In the consumer context, it is an obligation to repair or replace goods for a specified period.
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