Pallett Valo LLP | Canada | 19 May 2022
If you are a physician practicing in Ontario, you may be familiar with medicine professional corporations. Here are answers to the most common…
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP | China | 19 May 2022
We look back to the top ten developments over the last 12 months in the life sciences and healthcare sector, and towards the future with our top ten…
Taylor Wessing | European Union | 18 May 2022
As of January 2022, the provision of instructions for use for medical devices in electronic form instead of in paper form is governed by the new…
LawPlus Ltd | Thailand | 18 May 2022
泰国社会长期以来一直认为大麻和火麻是具有医疗和其他健康益处的药用植物,但 1979 年《麻醉品法》B.E. (2522)("麻醉品法") 规定大麻和火麻为第 5类麻醉品。在泰国,与大麻和火有关的活动一直受到高度管制, 直到最近几年适用的法律逐渐放宽为止。…
Smart & Biggar | Canada | 18 May 2022
The Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health recently held consultations on two new proposals: a proposed process for non-sponsored reimbursement reviews and a streamlined process for drug class reviews. The former is intended to apply to scenarios where a sponsor is unwilling or unable to file an application, while the latter would provide a new streamlined drug class review......
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan | India | 18 May 2022
A contentious issue that has seen much litigation in the recent past is regarding the claim of expenditure under Section 37 of the Income-tax Act…
Baker McKenzie | USA | 18 May 2022
In the United States, the Biden administration has been focusing on policies to encourage onshoring, nearshoring, and even "allyshoring" of pharma and medical supply chains. The United States was chosen as the leading destination for manufacturing and supply chain operations by life sciences respondents of a recent survey globally, with over 52% of Americas respondents and 38% of North......
Bristows | United Kingdom, USA | 18 May 2022
That the UK biotech market is undergoing something of an investment boom is by now clear (and the subject of a separate article). But what this trend…
K&S Partners | India | 18 May 2022
Indian patent law on pharmaceuticals differs from other countries in several ways, some of which are among the most debated IP topics domestically. While some of these differences apply to non-pharmaceutical patents as well, the combination of these issues along with stricter patentability requirements poses significantly greater challenges to pharmaceutical patents. Despite such issues,......