1/21/2025 2:05:31 PM In fashion: Biologically engineered luxury goods By Laura Harwood Camille Beckmann As with most industries, sustainability has become a key focus for the fashion and luxury goods industry. In recent years, this has led...
12/19/2024 12:27:37 PM Déjà VPAG – 2025 repayment percentage announced By Hugo Kent-Egan Anna Hall On 16 December, the DHSC announced that the 2025 headline VPAG repayment percentage for sales of “newer medicines” will be 22.9%. This...
12/12/2024 11:50:02 AM SynbiTECH 2024: Engineering biology’s promise for the future By Ellen Lambrix In London last week, over 400 attendees and speakers gathered together for the fifth annual SynbiTECH conference in London. The event...
11/29/2024 1:19:21 PM Irides: Weekly patent litigation update By James Boon Rachel Mumby Matthew Raynor Lucie Fortune Kate O'Sullivan +2 more... Show less The Irides Weekly Update is our round-up of patent litigation news highlights from around the world. Taking its name from the plural of...
11/27/2024 1:32:08 PM The UK Assisted Dying Bill and its implications for pharmaceutical companies By Jamie Hatzel The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, introduced as a private members’ bill by Kim Leadbeater MP on 11 November 2024 (Leadbeater...
11/25/2024 1:11:26 PM UK MDR consultation – proposals for International Reliance on medical device approvals By Jamie Hatzel The consultation on the future of the UK’s Medical Devices Regulations 2002 (UK MDR), initiated by the MHRA on 14 November 2024,...
11/25/2024 1:10:46 PM Shaping the future of medical devices: MHRA proposes four key changes to regulations By Alex Denoon Anna Hall Background The MHRA has launched a Consultation on future changes to the UK Medical Devices Regulations. The consultation addresses four...
11/22/2024 3:51:47 PM Gene therapies and regulatory milestone triggers: Licensors and Licensees beware By Ellen Lambrix Luca Cericola As briefly mentioned in our article last week on Priority Review Vouchers, the financial terms of a biopharma patent licence agreement...
11/22/2024 2:37:16 PM Irides: Weekly patent litigation update By Dominic Adair Myles Jelf Claire Wilson Ewan MacAulay +1 more... Show less The Irides Weekly Update is our round-up of patent litigation news highlights from around the world. Taking its name from the plural of...
11/19/2024 3:23:03 PM Reasons to be cheerful: 4 takeaways from the BIA UK Life Sciences Regulatory Conference 2024 By Hugo Kent-Egan We had an insightful day hearing about the future of UK life sciences regulation at the BIA’s flagship annual Life Sciences Regulatory...
11/14/2024 10:01:15 AM The scope of the jurisdiction of the UPC By Richard Pinckney In Aim Sport v Supponor the UPC Court of Appeal handed down a decision focused on the transitional provisions and the scope of the...
11/13/2024 1:07:00 PM Licensing content to train AI - essential points to consider By Emily Ryder The licensing of content for AI model training is on the rise. Amid reports that developers are facing a scarcity of content to train AI...