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Labour’s ‘Medicines for the Many’ Policy – implications for intellectual property
CJEU refuses UK High Court's request for preliminary ruling on SPC applications based on third-party MAs, on account of referred question being "hypothetical" (C-239/19 Eli Lilly v Genentech)
Herbert Smith Freehills' global Trade Marks Practice lauded a 'formidable force' in WTR 1000 rankings
Advocate General proposes literal interpretation of Article 3(d) SPC Regulation in Abraxis (C-443/17)
The Advocate General of the CJEU proposed a narrow interpretation of Article 3(d) in the Opinion given yesterday in Abraxis …
Patent and Pharma Update - December 2018
CJEU rules on whether the NHS reimbursing off-label medicinal products for cost-cutting purposes conflicts with Directive 2001/83/EC
Novartis Farma S.p.A. v Italian Medicines Agency and Roche Italia S.p.A. On 21 November 2018, the CJEU issued an important decision in Novartis Farma v …
UK Government launches consultation on role of MHRA post-Brexit and confirms commitment to underwrite Horizon 2020 funding
The UK Government has today launched a consultation on the role of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) post-Brexit "seeking …
Brexit "no deal" technical notices published on Patents, Trade marks, Designs, Copyright, GIs, and Exhaustion of rights
The latest tranche of "no deal" technical notices was released yesterday afternoon by the UK Government. Amongst them are several notices …
Brexit "No Deal" Technical Notices - lots for the life sciences sector to think about
The UK Government issued the first batch of its Brexit "No Deal" Technical Notices on 23 August 2018. These are designed to provide guidance to …
HSF Legal Guide to Brexit - an update on provision for intellectual property rights
IP rights which are designated as applying across the EU (EU trade marks, Community plant variety rights, Community registered designs and Community …
Intellectual Property and Cyber Security issues considered in UK Government White Paper on the future UK-EU relationship
The UK Government's White Paper detailing its proposal for the future relationship between the UK and the EU (published on 12 July 2018) includes a …
Herbert Smith Freehills wins IP Team of the Year at the Lawyer Awards
Herbert Smith Freehills has been named IP Team of the Year at The Lawyer Awards 2017, for its work defending one of the largest-ever patent cases to be …