ArticleCase law: Interpreting ‘health claims’ and ‘reduction of disease risk claims’ at the ECJThe definitions of 'health claim' and 'reduction of disease risk claim' should be interpreted broadly.AustraliaFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesNorton Rose Fulbright Australia
ArticleHefty fines for businesses in New South Wales that fail food safety standardsA string of successful prosecutions by the Food Authority should alert businesses to comply with food safety obligations.AustraliaFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesSparke Helmore Lawyers
ArticleFederal Court overturns injunction restraining supply of GSK's Children's Panadol productThe Court lifted an injunction restraining the supply of GSK's Panadol which incorporated a liquid dispensing apparatus.AustraliaIntellectual PropertyDavies Collison Cave
ArticlePatent reform: Time for a step change?Reforms include proposed changes to innovation patents and a review of current arrangements for pharmaceutical patents.AustraliaIntellectual PropertyClayton Utz
ArticleNSW Government proposes to divert certain drug offenders away from the criminal justice systemThe NSW Government proposes to implement a new program, which would give some drug offenders a second chance.AustraliaCannabis & HempSydney Criminal Lawyers
ArticleA drug dog indication alone is not sufficient to justify a searchThe Redfern Legal Centre appealed that NSW Police release its full drug dog SOPs, so that the public was better informedAustraliaCriminal LawSydney Criminal Lawyers
ArticleAre bongs legal in New South Wales?In New South Wales, it is an offence to possess any item of equipment for use in the administration of a prohibited drug.AustraliaCriminal LawCriminal Defence Lawyers Australia
ArticleAs NZ legalises pill testing permanently, Australian MPs watch the death toll riseDespite numerous drug-related deaths and two successful trials, pill testing remains illegal in Australia.AustraliaCriminal LawSydney Criminal Lawyers
ArticleCan sniffer dogs smell drugs inside you?Law enforcement agencies typically use police dogs and sniffer dogs to detect drugs.AustraliaCriminal LawJB Solicitors
ArticleDrug driving offences: Queensland adds cocaine to the list of drugs testedThe addition of cocaine brings Qld roadside drug tests in line with NSW – where cocaine has been part of MDT since 2018.AustraliaCriminal LawSydney Criminal Lawyers
ArticleNSW Parliament to consider medicinal cannabis defence to drug drivingThis bill provides patients who use medical cannabis with a defence for driving with traces of THC in their system.AustraliaCriminal LawSydney Criminal Lawyers
ArticleThe Wild Horses sting? Police breathalyse and drug test patrons evacuating festivalFestivalgoers escaping the so-called emergency situation were pulled over to be breathalysed and drug tested by police.AustraliaCriminal LawSydney Criminal Lawyers
ArticleClinical drug trials – what could possibly go wrong?This is an overview of the clinical trial landscape and its risks, showing how the events in France could lead to change.AustraliaFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesDibbsBarker
ArticleMusic festivals and drug detection dogs in NSWOutlines your rights at music festivals.AustraliaFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesCriminal Defence Lawyers Australia
ArticleReforms to the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Cth)Recent legislative reforms change the classification and the advertising requirements in respect of therapeutic goods.AustraliaFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesAddisons
ArticleThe Therapeutic Goods Act: Assuming it does not apply to you may be bad for your healthProducts which are also regulated include certain sunscreens, acne treatments, soaps, anti-perspirants and hair products.AustraliaFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesBartier Perry Solicitors
ArticleWhat are the rules for accessing and selling poppers in Australia?New laws relating to the sale of alkyl nitrite products – also known as 'poppers' – come into effect on 1 February 2020.AustraliaFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesSydney Criminal Lawyers
ArticleCarving out the principles: a comparative review of the Australia and UK Lyrica casesThe differences seem to be from matters of expert evidence more than major variations in application of legal principle.AustraliaIntellectual PropertyClayton Utz
ArticleThe plausibility threshold for patent specifications remains low in AustraliaThe Evolva and MacroGenics decisions provide some guidance on how the Australian Patent Office could assess plausibility.AustraliaIntellectual PropertySpruson & Ferguson Lawyers
ArticlePfizer case shows protecting your own position isn't anti-competitiveThe Court found Pfizer's strategies were legitimate forms of competition in the face of sustained attack by generics.AustraliaAntitrust/Competition LawClayton Utz