ArticleIs CBD oil legal in Australia?What is CBD oil? Link to the law on weed. Discusses the legality of CBD oil in different parts of Australia.AustraliaFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesCriminal Defence Lawyers Australia
ArticleFederal Court decision resets expectations for patent term extensionsThe decision, now binding on the APO, is a departure from the established interpretation of the extension of term regime.AustraliaInternational LawCorrs Chambers Westgarth
ArticleHealth Practitioner Registration - A New National SchemeA new National Registration and Accreditation Scheme for Health Professionals begins on 1 July 2010. AustraliaFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesDLA Piper Australia
ArticleNew Coles Supplier Charter: to deal in good faith with suppliersThe Charter will provide a voluntary and transparent regime for the quick and equitable resolution of any disputes.AustraliaFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesHolding Redlich
ArticlePharmaceutical and life sciences advertising to healthcare professionals - guidance from the courtsThe issue of advertising and when it is misleading is important for the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries.AustraliaFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesCorrs Chambers Westgarth
Article'Honest and reasonable mistake of fact' defence for drug driving offences in New South WalesWhile this defence is available for strict liability offences, it is not available for absolute liability offences.AustraliaCriminal LawCriminal Defence Lawyers Australia
ArticleLawyers call for drug law reform: An interview with ALA criminal justice spokesperson Greg BarnsThe Australian Lawyers Alliance released its report on Australian drug laws, asserting that the nation needs reform now.AustraliaCriminal LawSydney Criminal Lawyers
ArticleVictorian Medical Cannabis driving reform likely: Interview with Legalise Cannabis MLC David EttershankMedicinal cannabis driving reform looks like it will progress through Victorian parliament.AustraliaFinance and BankingSydney Criminal Lawyers
ArticleIs ritalin or methylphenidate legal in Australia?Discusses the law & penalties for ritalin and methylphenidate in NSW. AustraliaFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesCriminal Defence Lawyers Australia
ArticleLegalising cannabis in AustraliaThe Legalising Cannabis Bill seeks to provide for registration of cannabis, cannabis strains & the establishment of CANA.AustraliaFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesCriminal Defence Lawyers Australia
ArticleThe importance of Real-Time Prescription Monitoring (RTPM) – A coroner's findingRTPM alerts doctors and pharmacists before any controlled medicine is prescribed or dispensed.AustraliaFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesGilchrist Connell
ArticleThe TPP, IP and the Australasian healthcare industry - what's at stake?The TPP has the potential to radically alter the healthcare landscape in Australasia by boosting patent monopoly rights.AustraliaIntellectual PropertySpruson & Ferguson Lawyers
ArticleAs the ACT moves to fixed-site pill testing, NSW Police Minister does not get itACT festivalgoers can go to a drug checking service, without fear of police reproach, for drug tests by trained medics.AustraliaCriminal LawSydney Criminal Lawyers
ArticleSupreme Court bail application granted for large commercial quantity of drugs in NSWSupplying a commercial quantity or a large commercial quantity of prohibited drugs is a strictly indictable offence.AustraliaCriminal LawAstor Legal
ArticleBuy-in from retailers and suppliers on a draft voluntary Food and Grocery Code of ConductThe Code of Conduct has the potential to change the dynamics of negotiations between suppliers and grocery retailers.AustraliaFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesCorrs Chambers Westgarth
ArticleHigh Court upholds finding that Crestor patent is invalidThe Court held that an AstraZeneca patent relating to the blockbuster statin drug CRESTOR (rosuvastatin) was invalid.AustraliaIntellectual PropertyCorrs Chambers Westgarth
ArticleWorld Trademark Review - Frances Drummond and Luke Hawthorne - pharmaceutical trademarks in AustraliaThis article is a review of pharmaceutical trademarks in Australia, a two-tiered process in a highly regulated market. AustraliaIntellectual PropertyNorton Rose Fulbright Australia
ArticleManaging problematic behaviours: An interview with Smart Recovery manager Josette FreemanThe Smart Recovery program includes a wide range of problematic behaviours - alcohol or drug use, gambling or overeating.AustraliaFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesSydney Criminal Lawyers
ArticleClinical Trials Under the MicroscopeThe Therapeutic Goods Administration ("TGA") and the National Health and Medical Research Council ("NH&MRC") handed down their report on the Review of Access to Unapproved Therapeutic Goods in Australia in late February this year. AustraliaFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesDLA Piper Australia