Welcome to our blog dedicated to Life Sciences. We report on EU and national regulatory, compliance, intellectual property and transactional developments in the sector. We focus on (bio)pharmaceuticals and medical technologies, and also cover food and beverages, cosmetics and other healthcare products.
25 September 2018 - Posted by: Laurie-Anne Ancenys
In June 2018, the French Medical Council (Conseil national de l’ordre des médecins) and the French data protection authority (CNIL) published a practical guide for doctors in the context of the implementation of the general regulation on the protection of personal data (GDPR), which has been applicable since 25 May 2018. Physicians, and health care › Read More
19 September 2018 - Posted by: Jacqueline Bore
CRISPR-Cas9 is a remarkable gene editing technology which has the potential to revolutionise the development of medicines, particularly those for genetic diseases and cancer. Pharmaceutical companies have been quick to partner with innovators who have begun to find ways to commercialize CRISPR-Cas9, both as a research tool and as a route to the development of › Read More
12 September 2018 - Posted by: Iradj Nazaryar
On 17 August 2018, the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) published its decision that two independent treatment centres for certain specialist medical care, NL Healthcare Clinics and Bergman Clinics, must apply for a merger licence. A merger licence must be applied for where a proposed merger is not cleared by the ACM after an › Read More
11 September 2018 - Posted by: Emma Keeling
As big data continues to be big news and data protection law continues to evolve, it is timely that the Department for Health and Social Care (the Department) has published a code of conduct relating to the use of data-driven health and care technology (the Code). Published in its initial form on Wednesday, the code › Read More
Processing of health data: first implementing decree on French Personal Data Protection Act
10 September 2018 - Posted by: Laurie-Anne Ancenys
Decree 2018-687 implementing Act 2018-493 of 20 June 2018 on the Protection of Personal Data was recently published in the French Official Journal. The decree amends Decree 2005-1309, which implemented the 1978 French Data Protection Act. In particular, it amends the provisions concerning the processing of personal health data by including operating provisions on the processing of › Read More