At the time the Commission published its “Proposal for a regulation to simplify rules on medical and in vitro diagnostic devices”, making...

We wrote recently about the European Commission’s proposals to simplify the EU Medical Device Regulation (“MDR”)[1] and EU In Vitro...

There is so much legislative change in the EU and UK in the life sciences sector at the moment that it is sometimes difficult to keep up...

Those working in the Femtech space have a difficult regulatory framework to navigate in the EU. For products that qualify as a medical...

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...

The FemTech sector, which focuses on technology for women’s health and wellness, is experiencing rapid growth in the UK. Out of the 540...

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

This article was first published in Kluwer Patent Blog [October, 2025]. Coinciding with the 100th year anniversary of the German and UK...

This article was originally published by Femtech World.   Femtech, short for female technology, is an important and fast growing sector....

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