Please find below some recent news of relevance for the life sciences sector as well as press releases and publications published by us.
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You will also find selected news items below:
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 …
Heil/Oeben, PharmR 2016, p. 217 et seq…
Our Partner Marc Oeben will present the legal and Compliance requirements for patient support programs. The seminar will take place on 11 November 2016 in Cologne.…