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Health insurance update

  • Matheson
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  • Ireland
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  • April 22 2013

On 7 March 2013, the High Court handed down judgment in favour of the respondents in the case of BUPA Ireland Ltd & Anor v The Health Insurance

U-turn on decision to destroy blood samples

  • A&L Goodbody
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  • Ireland
  • -
  • March 28 2013

As explained in last month's blog on this topic, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) ordered the destruction of all "heel prick

Reversal of the decision to destroy the Heel Prick Test database

  • Eversheds LLP
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  • Ireland
  • -
  • March 27 2013

Yesterday, the Health Service Executive was instructed to reverse its decision to destroy blood samples taken from newborn babies, which are known as

Doctors’ use of social media

  • Matheson
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  • Ireland, United Kingdom
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  • March 21 2013

There has been a significant increase in the use of social media platforms in medicine and healthcare in recent years. In a recent survey conducted

CORU: responsibility and regulation

  • Matheson
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • March 14 2013

With the ever increasing media focus on the responsibilities and duties of health and social care professionals, Rebecca Ryan and Grace Keegan review

Balancing act: data protection and health requirements

  • A&L Goodbody
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  • Ireland
  • -
  • February 19 2013

Every child born in the State is eligible to participate in the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme (updated in 2011), more commonly known

Tackling falsified medicines in 2013 and beyond

  • Matheson
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • February 1 2013

In response to growth in the increasingly sophisticated falsified human medicines market, in July 2011, the European Commission introduced the EU

Tackling falsified medicines in 2013 and beyond

  • Matheson
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • January 30 2013

The EU Falsified Medicines Directive is yet to be transposed into Irish law

New risk equalisation regime comes into effect

  • Matheson
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • January 29 2013

The Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2012 (the "Act") introduces a permanent scheme of risk equalisation (the "Scheme") in the private health

Clinical trial agreements: Five key concepts

  • LK Shields
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  • Ireland
  • -
  • January 24 2013

Clinical trials play a pivotal role in the development of market-safe pharmaceuticals and medical devices and, needless to say, sit within an