EU
19 November 2020 - Posted by: Eveline Van Keymeulen
Today, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its long-awaited decision in Case C-663/18 (Kanavape) ruling that a member state may not ban the marketing of cannabidiol (CBD) extracted from the Cannabis sativa plant in its entirety. In today’s judgment, the Court finds that EU law, in particular the provisions on the › Read More
Covid-19 coronavirus – the UK’s preparation for a vaccine
30 October 2020 - Posted by: Megan McMellon
The UK’s vaccine portfolio The UK Government has agreed supply deals for at least 340 million doses of six different vaccines, with most likely to require two doses: AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford (adenoviral vector vaccine, 100m doses); Johnson & Johnson (adenoviral vector vaccine, 30m doses, with an option to acquire an addition 22m › Read More
19 October 2020 - Posted by: Eveline Van Keymeulen
Today, the French National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety (ANSM) has officially launched the call for applications (“appel à candidatures”) for medical cannabis suppliers to participate in the pilot programme that will be started by 31 March at the latest. The call for applications follows the publication of the ministerial order providing the › Read More
Covid-19 coronavirus: patent database observations
14 September 2020 - Posted by: Lars Braams
As per 8 September 2020, 143 search results containing the words “Covid 19” in the title, claims or the abstract of a patent show up in the international patent database Espacenet. Over the past weeks, this number grows with about 15 new results each week. While the race for a vaccine covers the headlines around › Read More
09 September 2020 - Posted by: Veerle Pissierssens
In the context of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, the European Union has adopted a Regulation providing for a temporary exemption from European legislation on genetically modified organisms (Regulation (EU) 2020/1043 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2020 on the conduct of clinical trials with and supply of medicinal products for › Read More