Slaughter and May | United Kingdom | 4 Jan 2023
đź•‘ 2 minutes During Summer 2022, GSK separated its consumer healthcare business (previously a joint venture between GSK and Pfizer) to create the independently UK-listed Haleon group. The demerger fulfilled a key strategic goal for GSK following on from the joint venture with Pfizer and is one of its most significant transactions in the last 20 years, likewise arguably for the UK domestic......
Lexology PRO | Australia, Canada, China, etc. | 14 Nov 2021
Key updates from COP26 for the energy, finance, agriculture and transport sectors, including mandatory net-zero plans, rules for fixing methane leaks, and “phasing down” investment in coal.
Lexology PRO | Asia-Pacific, Australia, Belgium, etc. | 19 May 2021
A look at recent enforcement actions against Google, GSK and others, a multi-jurisdictional approach to merger control, new legislation and guidelines in the UK and Canada and other key competition and antitrust updates.
Lexology PRO | European Union, United Kingdom | 10 May 2021
The UK’s specialist competition tribunal has confirmed that GlaxoSmithKline and three generic drugmakers broke competition rules by entering into pay-for-delay agreements for the antidepressant drug paroxetine – but slashed the original fines by £27 million.
Edgeworth Economics | USA | 24 Jul 2020
On April 22, 2020, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit overturned a district court decision certifying a class of direct purchaser…
Addleshaw Goddard LLP | United Kingdom | 8 Jul 2020
On 3 July 2020, Lambert J handed down judgment in the High Court in the Seroxat Group Litigation, bringing to an end 13 years of litigation on the…
White & Case | European Union, United Kingdom | 14 Feb 2020
The European Court of Justice's ruling in Paroxetine, handed down in record time just before Brexit, confirms the narrow interpretation of…
Bereskin & Parr LLP | Canada, USA | 13 Mar 2019
The Federal Court of Canada has rejected an application by Bedessee Imports Ltd., an importer and distributor of food products, including beverages…
Macfarlanes LLP | United Kingdom | 25 Feb 2019
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has dropped its investigations into individuals at Rolls Royce PLC and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). The decision to halt two…
Gatehouse Chambers | United Kingdom | 3 Jan 2019
This is the third occasion on which I have posted on this blog on the issue of after the event insurance (ATE) policies and the impact which they have…