18 Jul, 2024 GDPR and scientific research in the UK: what are the new government's plans? By Mac Macmillan The King's Speech yesterday (which, for readers not in the UK, sets out the government's legislative plans) promises that the new Digital...
17 Jul, 2024 London's real estate landscape: How life sciences can drive change By Jessica Ebhomenye London's commercial real estate landscape is transforming, driven by the growing life sciences sector, which encompasses biotechnology,...
16 Jul, 2024 “This may hurt a bit…” – Moderna paves the way for COVID-19 vaccine damages claim against Pfizer and BioNTech in the UK By Charlie French This article was first published in Kluwer Patent Blog [July, 2024]. Moderna secured a double victory in the Patents Court last week (2...
10 Jul, 2024 UK – Moderna v. Pfizer & BioNTech By Ewan MacAulay James Johnston This article was first published in EPLAW Patent Blog, [July 2024]. On 2 July 2024, Mr Justice Meade handed down his decision in Moderna...
10 Jul, 2024 Challenges and opportunities for bio innovation: Views from the ON Helix 2024 conference By Adam Coughlin Luca Cericola Last week, Adam Coughlin and Luca Cericola from Bristows’ Commercial IP team attended ON Helix 2024, an annual conference hosted by One...
08 Jul, 2024 Labour's planning reforms for the life sciences sector By Tim Allen Hugo Kent-Egan “To ensure available lab space scales to meet the ambitions of our fast-growing research-intensive industries, not least the life...
04 Jul, 2024 The EU AI Act as product safety legislation – lessons from the world of medical devices By Alex Denoon If an AI system is classified as “high-risk”, the AI Act imposes significant requirements on the provider in order for it to place the...
03 Jul, 2024 The Future of UK PIs – Cyanamid, Skat and injunction creep By Claire Phipps-Jones This article was first published in Kluwer Patent Blog [July, 2024]. The recent rivaroxaban PI cases may have caused you to ask yourself...
03 Jul, 2024 The UPC PI Annual By Claire Phipps-Jones This article was first published in Kluwer Patent Blog [June, 2024]. It has been about a year since the UPC issued its first PI decision,...
03 Jul, 2024 Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. v Sibio Technology Limited By Gregory Bacon Aida Tohala This article was first published in Kluwer Patent Blog [June, 2024]. Introduction On 19 June 2024, The Hague Local Division handed down a...
26 Jun, 2024 A new model clinical trial agreement – the good, the bad and (in its current form) the ugly By Claire Smith Adam Coughlin Introduction The NHS’ Health Research Authority (HRA) recently published its draft template Investigator Initiated Study Agreement (IIS...
25 Jun, 2024 Biotech Review of the Year: Six months on By Bristows LLP It's hard to believe that six months have passed since we released the 11th edition of our Biotech Review of the Year publication. Our...