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British man imprisoned in ‘Operation Singapore’ investigation

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • May 3 2011

The UK MHRA's 'Operation Singapore' investigation into the infiltration of counterfeit medicine into the UK's supply chain during five months in 2007 has concluded with a British man being sentenced to eight years imprisonment

New legislation on falsified medicines in the European Union

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • May 3 2011

The European Parliament has adopted Directive 201084EU (the 'Directive') aimed at preventing the entry of medicinal products which falsely indicate their identity, history or source into the legal supply chain

Patent settlements under the authorities’ magnifying glass

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union
  • -
  • December 15 2009

Drug prices are currently a key area of discussion in many countries around the globe

Comparative advertising of a generic medicine

  • Bird & Bird
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  • France
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  • December 15 2009

It is not necessary within the meaning of Article L. 713-6 of the French Intellectual Property Code (“CPI”) to mention the brand of the reference product in comparative advertising for a generic medicine, as the healthcare professionals to which the advertising is directed have other means (namely, the INN - international non-proprietary name) by which to identify the corresponding reference product

Generics in France: towards an exemption from trade mark rights and a two-tier system?

  • Bird & Bird
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  • France
  • -
  • December 15 2009

On 26 November 2009, the French Senate voted on the law on ‘Financing the National Social Security for 2010’

Customs seizures of generic medicines

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Netherlands
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  • December 15 2009

As reported earlier in relation to customs seizures based on Anti Piracy Regulation 13832003, Dutch Courts, including the Supreme Court, have often applied a legal fiction to cases concerning the transit of goods through The Netherlands

Court of Appeal refers further questions on the interpretation of the SPC Regulation to the ECJ

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • December 15 2009

On 10 May 2009, the High Court handed down its judgment in Generics (UK) Limited v Synaptech Inc holding that the "first authorisation to place the product on the market in the Community" in Article 13 of the EC Council Regulation 176892 (the "SPC Regulation") referred only to marketing authorisations granted in accordance with Directive 6565EEC

New regulations for medical devices

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • December 15 2009

On 6 November 2009, two new regulations reshaping the framework for medical devices were published in the Spanish Official Gazette

Recent judgments from the English court on obviousness

  • Bird & Bird
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  • United Kingdom
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  • December 15 2009

On 17 November 2009, the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in Leo Pharma v Sandoz

English Patents Court holds long-wear contact lens patent invalid for insufficiency in Novartis AG & Others v Johnson & Johnson Medical Limited & Others

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 13 2009

In Novartis AG & Others v Johnson &Johnson Medical Limited & Others (2009EWHC 2029) the English Patents Court found that Johnson & Johnson’s product infringed the Patent, but that the Patent was invalid due to insufficiency

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