On June 25, 2025, Kashiv BioSciences announced positive topline results from its confirmatory Phase 3 trial of ADL-018, a proposed biosimilar to XOLAIR® (omalizumab), in patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria. ...more
As the life sciences, medtech, and diagnostic industries continue to expand and grow increasingly complex, so does the legal, regulatory, and compliance landscape....more
As the life sciences, medtech, and diagnostic industries continue to expand and grow increasingly complex, so does the legal, regulatory, and compliance landscape. To help companies and investors navigate the many evolving...more
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has announced the introduction of new international recognitions routes for the approval of medicines that are already authorised in Australia, Canada, the...more
Meta description: Learn more about possible ways to leverage the EU’s REACH and EMA regulations for product stewardship and reaching sustainability goals. Product Stewardship as a Leverage for Sustainability Goals...more
STADA and Xbrane Announce Approval of Ranibizumab Biosimilar in UK - On January 16, 2023, STADA Arzneimittel AG (STADA) and Xbrane Biopharyma AB (Xbrane) announced that the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare product Regulatory...more
On November 17, 2022, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the “Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act” to increase biosimilar competition and reduce patient costs by prohibiting the FDA from requiring switching studies to approve...more
Last week the Regulation on Clinical Trials (“CTR”) finally became effective in the European Union (“EU”) and replaced the prior Clinical Trials Directive 2001/20 (“CTD”). The CTR was adopted in 2014 and was meant to enter...more
The year 2020 has brought a host of unique challenges for EU product importers and manufacturers, including those in the chemical sector. Just as most businesses got to grips with their preparation for the disruption caused...more
Multiple sources are reporting that Celltrion is planning to roll out REMSIMA SC, its subcutaneous infliximab biosimilar of Johnson & Johnson’s autoimmune disease treatment REMICADE, in Europe in the first quarter of 2020,...more
One of the multitude of uncertainties currently facing commercial parties potentially affected by Brexit is the effect on their existing commercial contracts, specifically whether the new circumstances of Brexit provide a...more
The High Court in London has recently given judgment in one of the first UK cases to grapple with the commercial ramifications of the UK's departure from the European Union....more
In a highly-anticipated judgment regarding the enforceability of contracts post-Brexit, Mr Justice Marcus Smith found that Brexit, albeit a “seismic event”, was not sufficient to “frustrate” a lease and bring it to an end....more
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has initiated a consultation on the legislation and regulatory processes for medicines, medical devices and related clinical trials that would need to be...more
On 23 August 2018, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA), the network of the National Competent Authorities in the European Economic Area (EEA), published the work programme of their...more
MPs have voted to accept an amendment to the Trade Bill that requires the UK Government to make continued UK participation in the EU/EEA medicines regulatory network, including the European Medicines Agency (EMA), a...more
The White Paper appears largely positive for the life sciences industry, incorporating many of the key asks from the industry across its priority areas of regulation, trade, people and innovation....more
On 19 June 2018, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) published updates to its Brexit Q&A document for human and veterinary medicines authorised via the centralised procedure and to its practical procedural guidance on making...more
The UK Government has published a response to the recommendations set out in the Health and Social Care Committee’s Report dated 21 March 2018 on “Brexit: medicines, medical devices and substance of human origin”, which...more
The object of this Alert is to highlight some practical implications of Brexit for the supply of pharmaceutical products and medical devices in the European Union (EU) and related action items which companies should be...more
The UK House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee has published the findings of its six-month long investigation into the impact of Brexit on medicines, medical devices and substances of human origin. ...more
On the same day as the European Council voted to move the European Medicines Agency (EMA) from London to Amsterdam, the UK Parliament issued a briefing paper on Brexit and medicines regulation. ...more
By Hein van den Bos, Ruth Franken and Silvia Gardini After months of discussion, a final vote has been cast on the European Medicines Agency (EMA)'s new home post-Brexit. And it's right around the corner from us, here in...more
Today the 27 member states of the European Union have decided on Amsterdam as the new home of the European Medicines Agency. The decision came after three rounds of voting, with Amsterdam eventually emerging the winner after...more