24 May 2019
Can CRISPR save the Cavendish?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/can-crispr-save-the-cavendish

The world's most popular banana is dying. Scientists are using the gene-editing mechanism CRISPR to try and save it from extinction.

08 May 2019
Manufacturing and stockpiling waiver set to limit rights of holders of SPCs for medicines
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/manufacturing-and-stockpiling-waiver-set-to-limit-rights-of-holders-of-spcs-for-medicines

On 17 April 2019, the European Parliament approved, by a large majority, an amendment of the Regulation on Supplementary Protection Certificates ("SPCs").

30 September 2019
Bird & Bird secures win in preliminary injunction patent case before the Düsseldorf Courts
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/germany/bird-and-bird-secures-win-in-preliminary-injunction-patent-case-before-the-dusseldorf-courts

On September 26, 2019, the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf confirmed on appeal that Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (“Teva”) – one of Bird & Bird’s key clients – is entitled to a preliminary injunction against ...

02 July 2019
Transfer of value: amendments to the French “anti-gift” provisions by the draft Health Act
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/transfer-of-value-amendments-to-the-french-anti-gift-provisions-by-the-draft-health-act

The French so-called “anti-gift” provisions strictly frame the conditions under which companies in the health sector are allowed to provide advantages, in cash or in kind, to healthcare professionals ("HCPs”)

24 February 2020
Blockchain in the Life Sciences & Healthcare Sectors
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/blockchain-in-the-life-sciences-and-healthcare-sectors

Blockchain is perhaps best known as the technology on which Bitcoin and other digital cryptocurrencies are built. Adoption of blockchain technology – especially in the financial services sector – has been rapid but in ...

17 March 2020
COVID-19: UK Public Health Perspectives
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/uk/covid-19-uk-public-health-perspectives

As Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread across the globe, in an effort to prepare for all eventualities, on 10 February 2020, the UK Government passed into law The Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations ...