In 2025, Life Sciences and Health Care (LS&HC) companies face rapidly evolving regulatory paradigms that create transactional risks and require daily monitoring. After more than 70 national elections in 2024, the dust hasn’t...more
8/25/2025
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Clinical Trials ,
Cybersecurity ,
Digital Health ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Genetic Materials ,
Government Agencies ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Innovative Technology ,
Life Sciences ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Public Health ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Supply Chain ,
Trump Administration
In Europe, the regulation of pricing and reimbursement for medicinal products is primarily governed by national policies, as EU-level regulation is limited. Our latest brochure “Market Access in Europe: Navigating Pricing &...more
On Tuesday 11 March 2025, the European Commission published a legislative proposal for a Critical Medicines Act. The objective of this Act is to ensure stable supply and continuous availability of critical medicinal products,...more
The European Commission has revised the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (“UWWTD”), which is instrumental in mitigating urban wastewater pollution across EU. This revision, prompted by emerging environmental challenges,...more
Pharma: Launch of Shortages Monitoring Platform, several Changes re Clinical Trial Management in EU Countries; Devices: Resolution on the need to revise the MDR and IVDR published; Compliance: CSRD still not implemented in...more
The Q2/24 Life Science and Health Care Law Update covers key trends in the EU and Big Five (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK) in life sciences regulatory, corporate, compliance, competition, and privacy....more
We were pleased to welcome industry leaders to our Life Sciences and Health Care Horizons event in Zurich, where co-head of Hogan Lovells Life Sciences and Health Care sector Jane Summerfield, and partners Melissa K. Bianchi,...more
On 21 May 2024, the European Medicines Agency (“EMA”) published a revised version of the Questions & Answers for applicants, Marketing Authorisation Holders of medicinal products and notified bodies with respect to the...more
The current European legislation for in vitro diagnostic medical devices (IVD) (Regulation 2017/746 or the IVDR) has created challenges not only for IVD manufacturers but also for pharmaceutical companies....more
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has finally joined the discussion on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), releasing a draft reflection paper on the use of these technologies throughout the medicinal...more
We were pleased to welcome industry leaders to our Life Sciences and Health Care Horizons event in Zurich, where co-head of Hogan Lovells Life Sciences and Health Care sector Jane Summerfield, and partners Melissa K. Bianchi,...more
In August 2022, the European Commission published a revision to Annex 1 “Manufacture of Sterile Medicinal Products” in EudraLex - Volume 4 - Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) guidelines that will significantly impact...more
The EU Commission opened this afternoon the public consultation on the EU general pharmaceuticals legislation on medicines for human use. This initiative is part of the EU Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe and calls on...more
In August 2021, the MDCG issued guidance MDCG 2021-23 for notified bodies, distributors and importers on certification activities in accordance with Article 16(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 and Regulation (EU) 2017/746. The...more
Companies in the life sciences and health care industry, like most companies, navigated unparalleled challenges in 2020. But unlike other industries, they had to do so while simultaneously facing the biggest challenge of all...more
On 11 January 2021, the European Commission published a Notice which provides the conditions under which remote audits under Regulation 2017/745 of 5 April 2017 on medical devices (MDR) and Regulation 2017/746 of the of 5...more
In recent years, AI has become a buzzword in life sciences and health care as the technology has developed to create applications from drug discovery to diagnostics to therapeutics. Most recently, AI has been used in the...more
In Tuesday's Report: a panel discussion on the U.S. election, Americans warned of COVID-19 surge, Moderna files for FDA EUA, Hong Kong proposes corporate rescue bill, new Foreign Direct Investment rules in Spain, the EU moves...more
12/1/2020
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Biotechnology ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) ,
FDA Approval ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
Hong Kong ,
Infections ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Insolvency ,
Joint Task Force ,
Life Sciences ,
Moderna Inc. ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Scams ,
Spain ,
Vaccinations
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The fast pace of innovation in the life sciences and health care industry has reached an all-time high in 2020 as the industry grapples with the new reality of...more
11/17/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Diagnostic Tests ,
Digital Health ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Technology ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Innovation ,
Life Sciences ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physicians ,
Research and Development ,
Webinars
Since early this year, the COVID-19 virus substantially affects our daily life. Testing for the presence of or past exposure to the virus is an essential aspect of combatting the COVID-19 outbreak and a number of companies...more
10/22/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Diagnostic Tests ,
EU ,
EU Directive ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Public Health ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Virus Testing
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ("MHRA") has published new guidance (the "Guidance") on how medical devices will be regulated in Great Britain ("GB") (England, Wales and Scotland) and in Northern...more
9/25/2020
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Medical Devices ,
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) ,
Member State ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
Our Medical Device and Technology team has been at the forefront of the COVID-19 legal response since the pandemic swept across the globe. In just a few short months, our team has taken on nearly 200 matters, ranging from...more
On 10 June 2020, the MDCG issued guidance MDCG 2020-12 on the transitional provisions concerning the consultation of authorities regarding devices incorporating a substance.....more
The Daily Report is a compilation of COVID-19 (coronavirus) news briefs from around the world to help life sciences and health care companies stay current in this challenging time.
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4/21/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Defense Production Act ,
EU ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Fraud ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Supply Chain
As a result of the COVID-19 outbreak and the associated quarantine and travel restrictions, the ability of notified bodies to conduct mandatory on-site audits under medical devices legislation has been significantly affected....more