Topical Issues (Life Sciences & Healthcare)

10-Feb-2010  |  Life Sciences & Healthcare

Generic Substitution - UK Department of Health Consultation

The UK government announced plans to introduce generic substitution in the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS) 2009. On ... by Tim Worden more

15-Jan-2010  |  Climate Change & Renewable Energy, Corporate, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Private Capital

Corporate Venturing, an overview by Taylor Wessing

Politicians, commentators and analysts agree that innovation, especially in sectors such as clean technology, will be of crucial ... by Charles Fletcher, Simon Walker more

21-Dec-2009  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Life Sciences & Healthcare Update - December 2009

EU moves closer to Biosimilar antibodies by Gareth Morgan more

11-Dec-2009  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Patents and the EU medtech sector: a slumbering volcano

Tim Worden discusses the patent situation regarding medical devices in the EU in this article written by Faraz Kermani for the ... by Tim Worden more

03-Dec-2009  |  Life Sciences & Healthcare

Commission consultation on the functioning of the Clinical Trials Directive

The European Commission has launched a public consultation to assess the functioning of the Clinical Trials Directive ... by Gareth Morgan, Tim Worden more

21-Oct-2009  |  Life Sciences & Healthcare

InFocus - Life Sciences & Healthcare e-newsletter - October 2009

Welcome to the October 2009 issue of InFocus by Fabian Böttger, Paul Callaghan, Christoph de Coster, Natasha Kirk, Gareth Morgan, Sean Nesbitt, Timothy Pinto, Matthew Royle, Andrew Telling, Stephen Whitfield, Tim Worden more

19-Oct-2009  |  Climate Change & Renewable Energy, Environment & Planning, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Shipping & Transport

Environmental Highlights for LSH Companies (October 2009)

Topics discussed in this article include: Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 - First ... by more

07-Oct-2009  |  Corporate, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Corporate Update - October 2009

6 October saw the first step in move to premium and standard listings. by Lee Bagshaw more

01-Oct-2009  |  Corporate, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Private Capital

Recent changes in the law - Issues for Venture Capital

From 1 October 2009, the new Companies Act 2006 has now fully replaced existing company legislation. Which recent changes are ... by David Mardle more

07-Aug-2009  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

All change please - unique considerations affecting biotech products

by Gareth Morgan, Matthew Royle more

07-Jul-2009  |  Life Sciences & Healthcare

InFocus - Life Sciences & Healthcare e-newsletter - July 2009

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01-Jul-2009  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

German Parliament Adopts Amended Patent Law Bill

On 28 May 2009 the German federal parliament (Bundestag) adopted the government’s draft bill to simplify and modernise German ... by Christoph de Coster more

22-Jun-2009  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Actavis v Novartis: the Conor effect and technical obviousness

by Matthew Royle more

28-Apr-2009  |  Climate Change & Renewable Energy, Environment & Planning, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Environmental Highlights for LSH Companies (April 2009)

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28-Apr-2009  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

ECJ boost for borderline Products

by Gareth Morgan more

08-Apr-2009  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Providing UK patent litigants with a real alternative

by Gareth Morgan, Richard Price more

20-Mar-2009  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Taylor Wessing Review of Patent Cases in 2008

by Edward Vickers more

20-Mar-2009  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

The first assessment of damages caused by an injunction on a patent later found to be invalid

by Simon Cohen, Kathleen Fox Murphy, Matthew Royle more

20-Mar-2009  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Key considerations in choosing where to litigate a European patent

by Simon Cohen, Nigel Stoate more

10-Feb-2009  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

InFocus - Life Sciences & Healthcare e-newsletter - January 2009

Happy New Year and welcome to the January 2009 issue of InFocus. If you have any comments on the contents or the format please ... by more

29-Jan-2009  |  Climate Change & Renewable Energy, Environment & Planning, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Environmental Highlights (January 2009)

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29-Jan-2009  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Community Patent and Single Court Suffer Familiar Setback

by Gareth Morgan more

29-Jan-2009  |  Life Sciences & Healthcare

The Regulation of Advanced Therapies: Perspectives from the EU

by Gareth Morgan, Dr. Wolfgang Rehmann more

29-Jan-2009  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Protection for DNA-based claims in Europe

by Gareth Morgan, Matthew Royle more

19-Dec-2008  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

No ban on stem cell patents in Europe?

by Gareth Morgan, Edward Vickers more

17-Dec-2008  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Healthcare and beauty sector worst offenders in ASA survey

by Nick Cody, Gareth Morgan more

17-Dec-2008  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

The MHRA Investigation into GSK's Reporting of Adverse Events in Seroxat Paediatric Clinical Trials

by Loretta Pugh, Tim Worden more

16-Dec-2008  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

ECJ guidance on the operation of the mutual recognition procedure

by Gareth Morgan more

16-Dec-2008  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Interim Injunctions in the UK - Recent Pharma Cases in the Patents Court

by Philip Carey, Gareth Morgan more

16-Dec-2008  |  India Group, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

UK Court clarifies law on selection patents under the Patents Act 1977

by Matthew Royle more

16-Oct-2008  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

InFocus - Life Sciences & Healthcare e-newsletter - October 2008

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15-Oct-2008  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Les Laboratoires Servier v Apotex [2008] EWHC (Ch) 2347

by Simon Cohen, Kathleen Fox Murphy, Matthew Royle more

14-Oct-2008  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Monsanto Technology LLC v Cargill International SA

by Simon Cohen, Gareth Morgan, Richard Price more

13-Oct-2008  |  Climate Change & Renewable Energy, Environment & Planning, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Environmental Highlights (October 2008)

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13-Oct-2008  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Work involving human tissue samples - a new era in the UK

by Gareth Morgan more

13-Oct-2008  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Developments in European Clinical Trial Agreements

by Benjamin F. Grzimek, Tim Worden more

13-Oct-2008  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Can SPC's have a zero or negative term?

by Catherine Drew more

13-Oct-2008  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Monsanto Technology LLC v Cargill International SA

by Simon Cohen, Gareth Morgan, Richard Price more

31-Jul-2008  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Emerging legal issues relating to advanced therapies: a European perspective

Article in SCRIPT Drug Market Developments, August 2008, Dr. Wolfgang Rehmann, Partner IP München and Gareth Morgan, Partner ... by Gareth Morgan, Dr. Wolfgang Rehmann more

28-Jul-2008  |  Environment & Planning, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Environmental Highlights (July 2008)

Taylor Wessing’s Life Sciences & Healthcare team celebrate the 20th edition of InFocus In the last four and a half years ... by Kathryn Clapp, Nikol Davies, Catherine Drew, Dr. Christian Kau, Gareth Morgan, Timothy Pinto, Edward Vickers, Robert Vidal, Stephen Whitfield, Tim Worden more

24-Jul-2008  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

PODCAST - Diligence obligations in Licenses & Collaboration Agreements

PODCAST Sector:  Life Sciences & Healthcare Diligence obligations in Licenses & Collaboration Agreements by more

24-Jul-2008  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

PODCAST - Term sheets

PODCAST Sector:  Life Sciences & Healthcare Term sheets by more

24-Jul-2008  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

PODCAST - Partner in haste, repent at exit

PODCAST Sector:  Life Sciences & Healthcare Partner in haste, repent at exit by more

14-Jul-2008  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

InFocus: Life Sciences & Healthcare e-newsletter - July 2008

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10-Jul-2008  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

InFocus: Life Sciences & Healthcare newsletter - July 2008

Our life sciences and healthcare team celebrate the 20th issue of InFocus. In the last four and a half years since our first ... by Kathryn Clapp, Nikol Davies, Catherine Drew, Dr. Christian Kau, Gareth Morgan, Timothy Pinto, Edward Vickers, Robert Vidal, Stephen Whitfield, Tim Worden more

04-Jun-2008  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Litigating patents in Europe: Navigating the minefield

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22-May-2008  |  Climate Change & Renewable Energy, Commercial, Competition, EU & Trade, Construction & Engineering, Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Finance, Financial Services & Funds, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Inward Investment, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Media & Entertainment, Private Capital, Projects, Real Estate, Reconstruction & Corporate Recovery, Shipping & Transport, Tax, Technology

"All change please!" - Sweeping new UK legislation on unfair commercial practices comes into force on 26 May 2008

by Timothy Pinto more

02-May-2008  |  China Group, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Media & Entertainment, Technology, The Middle East

Comprehensive ranking of the world's IP jurisdictions

The Global Intellectual Property Index (GIPI), launched today by European law firm Taylor Wessing, presents a statistical ... by Roland Mallinson, Paul Mitchell more

25-Apr-2008  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

InFocus: Life Sciences & Healthcare newsletter - May 2008

by Mark Dennis, Benjamin F. Grzimek, Matthew Royle, Tim Worden more

15-Apr-2008  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

InFocus: Life Sciences & Healthcare e-newsletter - April 2008

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26-Mar-2008  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Nature Biotechnology

Monsanto Technology LLC v. Cargill: a matter of construction by Simon Cohen, Gareth Morgan more

12-Mar-2008  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Technology

Handbook of European Intellectual Property Management

by Simon Cohen, Christoph de Coster, Nigel Stoate more

28-Feb-2008  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Technology

Litigating Biotech Patents in Europe

by Simon Cohen, Gareth Morgan, Matthew Royle more

07-Feb-2008  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

InFocus: Life Sciences & Healthcare newsletter - February 2008

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04-Dec-2007  |  Corporate, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Employees participation in Biotech Companies

by Dr. Christian Traichel more

04-Dec-2007  |  Corporate, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Knowledge Transfer for Biotech Deals

by Dr. Dietrich Kamlah, Dr. Christian Traichel more

24-Oct-2007  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

EU ratifies amendment to TRIPS on compulsory licences

EU decision to ratify addition of article 31bis by Matthew Royle more

15-Oct-2007  |  Commercial, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Technology

Discretion to approve sub-licensing must be exercised in good faith

Lymington Marina v Macnamara and others [2007] by Tim Worden more

15-Oct-2007  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

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

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10-Oct-2007  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Injunctions pending appeal

Les Laboratoires Servier & anr v Apotex Inc & ors by Simon Cohen, Matthew Royle more

04-Oct-2007  |  Competition, EU & Trade, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Legal professional privilege in European Commission competition investigations

The recent decision of the Court of First Instance (CFI) in joined cases T-125/03 & T-253/03, Akzo Nobel Chemicals Ltd and ... by Stephen Whitfield more

01-Jul-2007  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

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

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04-Apr-2007  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Special Edition - InFocus: Life Sciences & Healthcare e-newsletter - April 2007

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15-Feb-2007  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Daniel Pavin and other members of Taylor Wessing's Life Sciences & Healthcare team contribute to American Bar Association publication

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15-Feb-2007  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

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

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15-Oct-2006  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

InFocus: Life Sciences & Healthcare e-newsletter - October 2006

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15-Jul-2006  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

InFocus: Life Sciences & Healthcare e-newsletter - July 2006

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15-May-2006  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

InFocus: Life Sciences & Healthcare e-newsletter - May 2006

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15-Feb-2006  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

InFocus: Life Sciences & Healthcare e-newsletter - February 2006

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28-Nov-2005  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Special Edition - InFocus: Life Sciences & Healthcare e-newsletter

A new framework for approval of medicinal products in Europe. by more

01-Oct-2005  |  Corporate, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Confidential Information

Der besondere Umgang mit sensiblen Daten bei Transaktionen im Biotech-Bereich by Dr. Christian Traichel more

01-Oct-2005  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Speedier patent trials in the UK – the "new" streamlined procedure

A recent decision of the UK patents court is likely to make the streamlined procedure even more common in patent cases. by Nigel Stoate more

01-Sep-2005  |  Competition, EU & Trade, Life Sciences & Healthcare

PPRS investigated by OFT

The Office of Fair Trading has launched a market study into the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme. by Martin Baker more