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European Commission Approves Moderna’s Updated COVID-19 Vaccine

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On July 30, 2025, Moderna announced that the European Commission (EC) granted marketing authorization for the updated formulation of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax®.  The updated vaccine targets the LP.8.1 variant of...more

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Antitrust Life Sciences Quarterly Update 2025 Q2

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The first half of 2025 has seen an acceleration of M&A activity, including large-scale life sciences transactions, such as Merck’s $3.9 billion acquisition of SpringWorks, Sanofi’s $9.5 billion acquisition of Blueprint...more

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European Commission fines Alchem in first cartel case involving a pharmaceutical API

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On 4 July 2025, the EC fined Alchem and its subsidiary EUR 489,000 for their role in a long-running cartel concerning the active pharmaceutical ingredient SNBB, used in the production of Buscopan and its generics. This marks...more

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Healthy returns: European life sciences M&A heats up as sector faces demographic reckoning

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Dealmaking in Europe’s life sciences sector has been relatively muted in recent years, but the first half of 2025 has shown signs of strength as companies respond to the stark realities of an aging population - Earlier this...more

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Key Takeaways: Strategies from the First Two Years of the UPC

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The Unified Patent Court (UPC) represents a transformative development in European patent litigation. Fenwick’s Ryan Johnson teamed up with Bird & Bird’s Boris Kreye and Chris de Mauny to explore important considerations and...more

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European Commission Approves Celltrion’s AVTOZMA (CT-P47)

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​​​​​​​On February 23, 2025, Celltrion announced that the European Commission (“EC”) approved its tocilizumab biosimilar, AVTOZMA® (CT-P47), referencing Roche’s ROACTEMRA®....more

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Antitrust and Competition Life Sciences Year in Review 2024

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The last year (and particularly the last few months) of the Biden Administration brought a flurry of activity from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the life sciences space, continuing a yearslong pattern of close...more

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Regulatory Updates on Samsung’s Denosumab Biosimilars

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On February 13, 2025, the FDA approved Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd.’s denosumab biosimilars, OSPOMYV™ (denosumab-dssb; 60 mg pre-filled syringe) and XBRYK™ (denosumab-dssb; 120 mg vial), referencing Amgen’s PROLIA® and XGEVA®,...more

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Overview on the functioning of the trademark system in Europe - Pharma Marks Insights series: Part II

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As we have seen in the first article of our series, trademarks play an important role in the protection of your pharmaceutical and life science products and can add significant value. But to understand the benefits but also...more

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Antitrust and Competition Life Sciences Quarterly Update Q2 2024

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To date, 2024 has not yet seen the type of mega-merger (Pfizer/Seagen) or level of agency enforcement (Sanofi/Maze or Amgen/Horizon) as 2023. But two notable investigations — one still active — show the Federal Trade...more

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The Interplay Key Decisions at the Intersection of Antitrust and Life Sciences - June 2024

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Court Orders Delisting of Patents from Orange Book and Denies Motion to Dismiss Antitrust Counterclaims for Improper Orange Book Listings. On June 10, Judge Stanley Chesler of the District of New Jersey entered judgment on...more

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A Look Ahead in Life Sciences: What We Are Tracking in the Third Quarter of 2024 and Beyond

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As the life sciences, medtech, and diagnostic industries continue to expand and grow increasingly complex, so does the legal, regulatory, and compliance landscape. ...more

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Antitrust in Life Sciences: A Dialogue With Anna Vernet

On March 26, 2024, Skadden hosted a discussion on key developments in antitrust enforcement in the pharmaceuticals and life sciences sectors. ...more

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EU Emergency Response Update – Key Policy & Regulatory Developments No. 110

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This regular alert covers key regulatory developments related to EU emergency responses, including in particular to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, COVID-19, and cyber threats. It does not purport to provide an...more

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A Look Ahead in Life Sciences: What We Are Tracking in Q1 2024 and Beyond

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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

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European Biologics Regulatory Updates

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Bayer’s aflibercept 8 mg recommended for approval in Europe: On November 10, 2023, Bayer announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive...more

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The Interplay: Key Decisions at the Intersection of Antitrust & Life Sciences - November 2023

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European Commission Orders Unprecedented Unwinding Of Illumina’s Acquisition of GRAIL. For the first time, the European Commission has ordered reversal of a consummated transaction, Illumina Inc.’s 2021 acquisition of GRAIL...more

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European Commission sanctions first ever pharmaceuticals cartel and scores victory in pay-for-delay appeal

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The European Commission (EC) has fined five pharmaceutical companies a total of EUR13.4 million for participating in a cartel concerning N-Butylbromide Scopolamine/Hyoscine (SNBB) – an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API)...more

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Panelists discuss how European pharmaceutical companies can stay ahead of the game

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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

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European Commission’s record gun-jumping fine on Illumina serves as warning to merging parties

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The European Commission (EC) has imposed a fine of around EUR432 million on genomics company Illumina for closing its acquisition of blood-based cancer test developer GRAIL before the conclusion of the EC’s merger control...more

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The European Commission Proposes First Major Overhaul of the EU Medicines Regulatory Framework in 20 Years: Regulatory Data...

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We recently published an alert in relation to the European Commission’s legislative proposals to replace the current EU regulatory framework for all medicines (including those for rare diseases and for children). One of the...more

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European Union to introduce a transferable exclusivity voucher to incentivize the development of new antimicrobials

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The European Commission (EC) has just published its draft proposals to overhaul the European Union (EU) general pharmaceutical legislation. Tackling the problem of antimicrobial resistance was a key priority in the 2020...more

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European Commission Publishes Proposals to Revise Current EU Pharmaceutical Legislative Framework

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Yesterday, the European Commission published two legislative proposals concerning the regulation of medicinal products in the European Union. The proposals seek to consolidate existing legislation into two instruments, a...more

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Court of Justice finally settles Tecfidera regulatory data exclusivity dispute

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A medicinal product containing only one of two active substances contained in an earlier product is not part of the global marketing authorisation and is, therefore, entitled to its own data protection period....more

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The Windsor Framework: MHRA to have power to licence all types of medicines to be supplied in the United Kingdom in single pack

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The European Commission and the United Kingdom government announced on Monday that they have come to agreement on measures to alleviate the remaining practical difficulties in the supply of medicines to Northern Ireland that...more

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