The question arose in the context of (administrative) criminal proceedings against a doctor.

Patients nowadays have access to an enormous range of medical knowledge through social media, websites and health apps.

Technology and innovation are key drivers of advancement in a variety of industries, and certainly in healthcare. The level of patient care can be improved considerably with the right mix...

Health technologies, such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices and in-vitro diagnostics, play a key role in the success and progress of our healthcare system.

The financing of the Austrian healthcare system by the social security institutions differs between the inpatient and the outpatient sector:

After several delays, the revision of the NIS Directive was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 27 December 2022 in the form of Directive (EU) 2022/2555 ("NIS 2").

Austria's healthcare system got a long-anticipated makeover. After years of small-scale adjustments, a collective amendment – the "Vereinbarungsumsetzungsgesetz 2024"...

Unbelievable but true – due to the outbreak of COVID-19, hand and surface disinfectants are currently hardly available anywhere in the shops.

The list of entities subject to monitoring and certain reporting obligations in Austria extends beyond the provisions of the MDR and the IVDR. It includes persons and entities that use medical devices...

Genome editing designates new methods that allow targeted interventions to be carried out in the genetic material, the genome of a cell (1).

In Austria, almost 1,000 units of stored blood are needed every day; in Germany, it is around 15,000 units.

Welcome to the 10th edition of the DRInsider, the quarterly Newsletter of the Wolf Theiss Dispute Resolution Group. We provide an overview of recent developments in CEE/SEE and some very interesting case law.