After years in the making, the much-awaited political agreement reached by the EU institutions on the so-called “EU pharma package” will...

The European Commission has published its long-awaited proposal for a regulation to simplify the EU Medical Devices Regulation (“EU...

The European Commission has recently published a draft implementing regulation under the EU Medical Devices Regulations (“EU MDR”)[1] and...

In this episode of our Spotlight on Women's Health and Innovation podcast, Laura Harwood and Melissa Dix explore how university spin-outs...

On 16 October 2025, Adam Coughlin, Naoise Gaffney and Samuel Munday from Bristows attended TechBio UK, an annual conference hosted by the...

Using generative AI to discover new antibiotics On 14 August 2025, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) reported1 that a team...

Healthcare generally is a priority enforcement sector for competition watchdogs across the world, including the UK’s Competition and...

University spin-out companies offer a means of commercialising valuable intellectual property (IP) and technology generated through...

Although the UK’s new R&D tax relief regime came into force on 1 April 2024, many companies have only now completed their first...

At the start of the year, our editors (Xisca Borrás, Katie Cambrook and Aida Tohala) presented to you the 12th edition of our Biotech...

On Wednesday 11 June 2025, Bristows had the privilege of hosting a BioWednesday event in conjunction with One Nucleus and the Cell and...

The MHRA and NICE published guidance on “Digital mental health technology: qualification and classification” (the DMHT Guidance) last...