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Vapes banned from January 2024 under Australian reforms
Australia - December 4 2023 The Australian Federal Government has announced the first stage of Australia’s vaping reforms, which are set to commence on 1 January 2024, with…
UK CMA publishes Competition Law Guidance for Cooperations on Combination Therapies
United Kingdom - November 23 2023 Combination therapies involve the use of two or more separate medicines in combination to treat a disease. It can be compromised of a 'backbone'…
UK Healthcare Procurement: Provider selection regime regulations overview
United Kingdom - November 17 2023 It is currently intended that the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) will come into force on 1 January 2024…
Unscripted mishap: Australian telehealth provider fined for advertising prescription medicines
Australia - November 15 2023 The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has fined InstantScripts, a major Australian telehealth service provider, $742,500 for alleged unlawful…
Implementation Rules of Human Genetic Resource Regulations—what it entails for life sciences clients in China
China - November 10 2023 On June 1, 2023, China’s Ministry of Science and Technology (the “MOST”) issued the Implementation Rules of Administrative Regulations on Human…
The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation - life sciences companies impacted by EC review of transactions and public procurement
European Union - November 6 2023 On 12 October 2023, EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (“FSR”) filings to the European Commission (“EC”) became mandatory. In addition to merger control…
Artificial Intelligence and healthcare: the Italian DPA adopts a decalogue on GDPR compliance of national healthcare services using AI
European Union, Italy - October 25 2023 The use of artificial intelligence (‘AI’) systems in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors is growing exponentially, with expectations that using…
Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) seizes millions of dollars’ worth of vaping products
Australia - October 10 2023 On 2 May 2023, the Australian Federal Government announced significant vaping reforms and allocated AU $737 million in the 2023-24 Budget to stamp…
Regulation and patentability of NGT plants - what’s next for the UK?
European Union, United Kingdom - September 28 2023 On 5 July 2023, the European Commission proposed a new legislative initiative regarding plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques (NGTs) and…
Sex bias, racial bias and AI - An ESG issue for the life sciences and healthcare sectors
Australia - September 20 2023 It is increasingly important for organisations wishing to be good corporate citizens to have robust policies in place surrounding the environmental…
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