Andrew Hutchinson
Simmons & Simmons LLP
Articles
Proposal for an SPC manufacturing waiver
European Union, United Kingdom - June 14 2018 On 28 May 2018, the European Commission announced a legislative proposal to amend Regulation (EC) No. 469/2009 (the SPC Regulation) by introducing an…
Advocate General delivers opinion in the first of three CJEU referrals concerning article 3(a) of the SPC regulation
European Union, United Kingdom - April 25 2018 In the first of three referrals pending before the CJEU on the interpretation of Article 3(a) of the SPC Regulation - seeking to clarify what it means…
Orphan drug exclusivity: case law update
European Union - April 19 2018 In this article, we recap on the earlier Teva v EMA decision and summarise the recent outcome in Shire v EMA. We have also included relevant parts of…
CJEU confirms the rules for rectifying SPC duration
European Union - January 5 2018 To bring last year to a close and hand down its second supplementary protection certificate (SPC) decision of December 2017, the Court of Justice of…
Uncertainty as the EMA ponders implications of its post-Brexit move out of London
European Union, United Kingdom - September 27 2017 The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is searching for a new home. Following Brexit, the EMA will be forced to relocate from London to within the newly…
