Please find below some recent news of relevance for the life sciences sector as well as press releases and publications published by us.
Our partner Dr. Christian Stallberg will talk about the legal framework and principles of the reimbursement for medical devices under the German public health insurance system on 27 June 2017 in Hamburg. The talk will cover reimbursement issues in both homecare as well hospitals. In addition, he will discuss issues …
Our partner Dr. Christian Stallberg will talk about the legal framework and core principles of the German public health insurance system on 30 August 2017 in Frankfurt. The objektive is to provide participants with an overview of in-patient and out-patient regulation on reimbursement of pharmaceuticals and medical devices. For further …
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) decided today that the German law requesting one fixed ex-factory and retail price for a prescription (Rx) medicine infringes Art. 34 TFEU and is not justified if it prohibits foreign internet pharmacies from selling at a lower price in Germany. Hence, price competition within …
The book from our partner Dr. Marc Oeben reflects the development of the potential defect in case law and literature, analyses the reasoning of the ECJ and highlights the impact on the liability of the manufacturer of medical products in Germany. It identifies the factual and legal problems for forensic …
Our partner Maria Heil will give a speech regarding new challenges to the medical device industry with respect to the new Sec. 299a, b StGB during the Medica Tech Forum on Medica 2016 (exhibition hall 12, stand 12E73). The German criminal code regulations which came into force on 4 June …
As of 15th September 2016, Advocate General Sharpton has provided her opinion with regard to a liability of TÜV as Notified Body for the PIP-breast implants.
According to her opinion, it is the purpose and intention of the Medical Device Directive 93/42/EEC that, in the case of Class III medical …