InFocus: Life Sciences & Healthcare e-newsletter - July 2007

In this issue we discuss:

• The changing face of pharmaceutical distribution in the UK
• The ECJ's final word on repackaging of pharmaceuticals?
• A recent case discussing the effectiveness of entire agreement clauses
• Protecting confidential information
• Data protection and the recent ABPI guidelines on secondary use of medical data

This issue has a new section "Environmental highlights" where our environmental experts summarise the latest developments in the field of environmental practice and regulation.  Also in this issue, our guest writers, James Bird, a partner and a member of a multi-disciplinary life science team within Jardine Lloyd Thompson Limited, and Chris Tait, Vice President and European Life Science Underwriting Manager at Chubb Insurance Company of Europe SA, look at how the landscape affecting clinical trial insurance has changed over the last few years.

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