24 March 2016
Bird & Bird host successful first event for the new CyberBox task force
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2016/uk/bird-bird-host-successful-first-event-for-the-new-cyberbox-task-force

London partner Simon Shooter led the CyberBox multidisciplinary task force in its first event; the 'cyber-threat to healthcare operators' workshop...

22 August 2017
How could the current cybersecurity consultation affect the Life Sciences & Healthcare sector?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2017/uk/how-could-the-current-cybersecurity-consultation-affect-the-life-sciences-and-healthcare-sector

The UK Government has repeatedly declared its commitment to defending the country against cyber threats. As part of that commitment a five-year National Cyber Security Strategy (NCSS) was announced in November 2016, ...

08 July 2016
m-Health Applications; Legal Framework and Advertising
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2016/uk/m-health-applications-legal-framework-and-advertising

11 December 2018
The legal basis for Belgian biobanks enters into force
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/belgium/the-legal-basis-for-belgian-biobanks-finally-enters-into-force

Each Belgian biobank will have to be declared at the Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products (FAMHP) in order to operate. It also imposes binding content for agreements on the transfer of human biological ...

11 December 2018
Changes afoot for Belgian manufacturers of allogeneic ATMPs
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/belgium/changes-afoot-for-belgian-manufacturers-of-allogeneic-atmps

Last month, the Belgian Parliament voted in favour of a set of measures that are notably meant to clarify the regulatory landscape of the operators active in the manufacturing of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products ...

12 December 2018
Between pharma, agriculture and narcotics: The rise of medical Cannabis in a controversial emerging regulatory environment
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/germany/the-rise-of-medical-cannabis-in-a-controversial-emerging-regulatory-environment

Since liberalisation at the beginning of 2017, industrial and medical Cannabis have experienced a boom in Germany.

11 December 2018
Pemetrexed: Italian Court reversed the first instance decision ordering a PI on the basis of Eli Lilly's patent
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/italy/italian-court-reversed-the-first-instance-decision-ordering-a-pi-on-the-basis-of-eli-lillys-patent

Diverging from the previous decision, the Court pointed out that the relevance of the file history to construe the scope of protection of a patent and then the infringement of equivalence has to be carefully and ...