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Pharmaceutical sector under European Commission scanner

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • February 28 2008

The European Commission has begun an investigation into the European pharmaceutical industry

Celltech: what’s in a name?

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • May 22 2007

Celltech had filed an application with the Office of Harmonization for the Internal Market (“OHIM”) for registration of the word mark “Celltech” (combination of two terms ‘cell’ and ‘technology’) as a Community Trade Mark for goods and services in classes 5,10 and 42: ‘pharmaceutical, veterinary and sanitary preparations, compounds and substances’, ‘surgical, medical, dental and veterinary apparatus and instruments’ and ‘R&D services, consultancy services’

Public health: commission adopts White Paper on nutrition

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • June 1 2007

In an effort to halt rising rates of obesity within the EU, the European Commission has adopted a White Paper aimed at promoting and instituting measures for healthy eating and lifestyle

Ownership and operation of pharmacies can be restricted to pharmacists alone

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Austria, European Union, Germany
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  • May 22 2009

In two recent cases, Commission v Italy and Apothekerkammer des Saarlandes and Others, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) found that the Italian and German legislation providing that only pharmacists may own and operate a pharmacy, is justified by the objective of ensuring that the provision of medicinal products to the public is reliable and of good quality

Pharmacist order challenges Commission’s power of investigation

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, France
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  • February 6 2009

The French National Pharmacist Order has launched a challenge before the European Court of First Instance against the European Commission's powers of investigation in competition cases

Mergers: Commission approves Nestlé’s acquisition of Novartis' Medical Nutrition business

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • July 6 2007

The European Commission has cleared the merger of Nestlé S.A. and Novartis' Medical Nutrition business (NMN) following a first phase investigation

GlaxoSmithKline infringed competition rules by restricting parallel trade

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union, Greece
  • -
  • April 4 2008

Advocate General Ruiz-Jarabo has delivered a non-binding opinion to the European Court of Justice (ECJ), finding that GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK) abused its dominant position by limiting distribution of certain pharmaceuticals to Greek wholesalers

Commission to take Spain to court for ban on herbal products

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, Spain
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  • March 30 2007

Food supplements such as guaraná, ginseng, espirulina and passiflore, legally marketed in other Member States, are banned from being imported into Spain

Why life science patents are a breed apart

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
  • -
  • April 10 2007

Patents are creatures of statute. Once an applicant has disclosed an invention, and subject to the application meeting certain statutory standards as to form and content, the European Patent Office grants a 20-year “monopoly”

CFI upholds Irish health insurance system

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union, Ireland
  • -
  • February 15 2008

The European Court of First Instance (CFI) has dismissed a challenge by the private insurance operator, BUPA, to the Irish health insurance system

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