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CJEU rules on whether the NHS reimbursing off-label medicinal products for cost-cutting purposes conflicts with Directive 2001/83/EC
Novartis Farma S.p.A. v Italian Medicines Agency and Roche Italia S.p.A. On 21 November 2018, the CJEU issued an important decision in Novartis Farma v …
French court upholds validity of MSD's SPC protecting ezetimibe and simvastatin in combination
A French Court has upheld the validity of a Supplementary Protection Certificate ("SPC") protecting the ezetimibe+simvastatin combination under Article …
Draft Withdrawal Agreement Approved by UK Cabinet - IP and Marketing Authorisation Provisions Summarised
As was widely reported yesterday evening, the Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the …
Patent and Pharma Update - October 2018
Key recent developments in the United Kingdom and Europe relating to patents and the pharmaceutical sector The CJEU has provided its preliminary ruling …
EPO publishes 2018 revision of Guidelines for Examination directed to computer-implemented inventions
The EPO has recently published the 2018 revision to its Guidelines for Examination, which are generally updated annually to take into account …
UK Government launches consultation on role of MHRA post-Brexit and confirms commitment to underwrite Horizon 2020 funding
The UK Government has today launched a consultation on the role of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) post-Brexit "seeking …
Brexit "no deal" technical notices published on Patents, Trade marks, Designs, Copyright, GIs, and Exhaustion of rights
The latest tranche of "no deal" technical notices was released yesterday afternoon by the UK Government. Amongst them are several notices …
EU Digital Copyright Directive - European Parliament adopts amended text
In the second reading of the Digital Copyright Directive by the European Parliament on 12 September 2018, the controversial Articles 11 and 13 were …
Brexit "No Deal" Technical Notices - lots for the life sciences sector to think about
The UK Government issued the first batch of its Brexit "No Deal" Technical Notices on 23 August 2018. These are designed to provide guidance to …
Bulgaria ratifies the Protocol on Provisional Application of the UPC Agreement but delays still in store for the UPC
On 24 July Bulgaria ratified the Protocol on Provisional Application of the UPC Agreement (Protocol). Four more ratifications/declarations are needed, …
HSF Legal Guide to Brexit - an update on provision for intellectual property rights
IP rights which are designated as applying across the EU (EU trade marks, Community plant variety rights, Community registered designs and Community …
THE TASTE OF FOODS CANNOT BE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT, SAYS THE AG
On 25 July 2018, Advocate General Wathelet issued his opinion in an interesting case pending before the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) (C-310/17) …
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