M&A Activity in the Life Sciences Sector in 2023
While the Irish M&A market slowed this year in line with global trends, dealmaking activity conti...
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While the Irish M&A market slowed this year in line with global trends, dealmaking activity conti...
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Employers not complying with their ESG obligations face regulatory, capital, and talent retention...
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We took a look at how the Irish economy fared last year from a Life Sciences perspective.
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European Parliament votes to extend MDR transition periods to avoid supply shortages of medical d...
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New CJEU guidance on rebranding parallel imported medicines.
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Here is a selection of our recent publications on subjects that may affect you or your business.
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Following the German Federal Constitutional Court's finding that German legislation ratifying the...
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A recent decision of the Tax Appeals Commission will peak the interests of Pharma, Healthcare and...
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Russia has issued a decree providing for 0% compensation for the unauthorised use by way of compu...
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The Summer legislation programme has been published by the government. The programme includes 34...
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No-deal Brexit legislation to dominate Oireachtas schedule over coming months
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Amidst much anticipation, the Medical Devices Regulation becomes fully applicable across the EU f...
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A guide to the classification of devices under the new Medical Devices Regulation
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming an increasingly pervasive general-purpose technology, wi...
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With the Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) set to become fully applicable next month the European ...
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A look at the major pharmaceutical, medtech, and healthcare deals William Fry has advised on in 2...
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William Fry are delighted to launch our MDR/IVDR publication. To assist medical device companies ...
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The In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Device Regulation, (EU) 2017/746, is fully applicable as of Thurs...
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Under new Court Rules which come into operation on 22 October 2021, Intellectual Property cases a...
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Effective from 1 March 2021, the revised IPHA Code introduces new rules for advertising non-presc...
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The Medical Device Coordination Group has published guidance on the activities to be performed by...
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The European Commission has proposed a unified procedure for granting Supplementary Protection Ce...
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New rules for the operation of Eudamed will enter into force on 19 December 2021. In this brief a...
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ECJ rules on the availability of SPC protection for medical devices incorporating a pharmaceutica...
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Continuing our series of publications, in this briefing we examine the key changes to the regulat...
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New legislative changes aimed at cost savings in personal injuries to commence
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The Court of Appeal has upheld a finding by the High Court that Merck Sharp & Dohme's Inegy SPC w...
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As concerns grow globally about the availability of certain drugs and equipment in the midst of t...
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The European Commission has announced that the long-awaited Clinical Trials Regulation (EU) No 53...
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Continuing our series of publications, we outline the key changes to the classification of in vit...
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The European Commission proposes a progressive roll-out of the In Vitro Medical Devices Regulatio...
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The European Commission has proposed reclassifying certain beauty and brain stimulation devices w...
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The requisite number of Member States have now joined the protocol on a European Unified Patent C...
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The lengthy Lyrica® patent dispute between Warner-Lambert and Mylan and Actavis is over. Last wee...
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In an appeal challenging the marketing authorisation of a generic drug, the Court of Appeal appli...
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The European Parliament and European Council recently approved the progressive roll-out of the In...
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In a recent decision, the Court of Appeal (CoA) considered the interpretation and application of ...
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Charleen O’Keeffe discusses some of the regulatory trends and challenges she sees coming down the...
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The German Federal Constitutional Court has rejected the latest constitutional challenge to the G...
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Taking effect on 1 March 2021, the IPHA have revised their Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutica...
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EU Commission releases its Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe, marking the first step in its prop...
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Continuing our series of publications, in this briefing we explore which EU Notified Bodies have ...