POSTED BY ISABEL TEARE | 29 SEPTEMBER 2021 An opportunity to shape the UK medical devices regime The EU is now well on its way to completing the roll out of its new regulatory system for medical devices. The Medical Devices Regulation is now in force, and the In Vitro Diagnostics Regulation will follow next May... Read more Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read Clinical trials Medical devices/Medtech Pharmaceutical regulation
POSTED BY ISABEL TEARE | 24 AUGUST 2021 EU clinical trials portal to go live in early 2022 It has been a while, but the EU Clinical Trials Information System (CTIS) is set to go live on 31 January 2022. This means that the system set up in 2014 under the Clinical Trials Regulation will finally come into effect. Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY ISABEL TEARE | 29 JULY 2021 UK regulator cracks down on anti-competitive practices UK watchdog, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), is coming down hard on anti-competitive pricing practices. Following hot on the heels of fines totalling over £260m for competition breaches relating to the supply of hydrocortisone tablets... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY ISABEL TEARE | 8 JULY 2021 A new subsidy control system Simon Elsegood explains how this will change public sector investment aimed at developing the economy, following the UK's departure from the EU... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
POSTED BY ISABEL TEARE | 6 JULY 2021 UK plans to boost pharmacovigilance and data collection on medicines The UK Government has published draft legislation targeting a major restructuring of the National Health Service. This will see the abolition of CCGs (Clinical Commissioning Groups) and the creation of statutory Integrated Care Systems (ICSs). Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY ISABEL TEARE | 27 JUNE 2021 Data protection adequacy decisions - just in time The EU has adopted final versions of the two adequacy decisions that were issued in draft earlier this year. These permit personal data flows to the UK under the GDPR and the Law Enforcement Directive. Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
POSTED BY ISABEL TEARE | 6 JUNE 2021 Plans for a multilateral pharmaceutical merger task force The aim is to identify concrete and actionable steps to review and update the analysis of pharmaceutical mergers, and address perceived harms around price increases and anti-competitive conduct. Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY ISABEL TEARE | 6 JUNE 2021 The 2021 ABPI Code takes effect soon The UK pharma sector is readying itself for the introduction of the new ABPI Code, bringing in extensive changes to the industry's self-regulatory system. Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
POSTED BY ISABEL TEARE | 24 MAY 2021 EU Parliament calls for review of UK's data privacy regime The European Parliament has asked the EU Commission to take another look at the UK's data protection adequacy assessment. Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
POSTED BY ISABEL TEARE | 18 MAY 2021 Issues to consider when exploiting commercial opportunities in People’s Republic of China As the Chinese life sciences market continues to grow and develop, the Chinese government continues to de-regulate or streamline its regulatory pathways (such as its drug approval regimes). And as Chinese parties seek to exploit foreign technologies... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
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