On June 2, 2025, the United Kingdom (UK) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) requested comment on...

Following the recent, unanimous decision in the Supreme Court case of Scotch Whisky Association v The Lord Advocate [2017] UKSC 76, Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) of alcohol is set to come into force...

The FSA has launched a consultation on key changes proposed to the official control audits in FSA approved meat establishments.

The Food Standards Agency has published the revised Food Law Code of Practice, which provides guidance to Local Authorities on their approach to official controls.

The Food Standards Agency has called for EU-wide powers for Local Authorities to seize fraudulent foods, in the wake of last year’s horsemeat scandal.

Today, news broke that baby Arthur Morgan is the first to receive ground-breaking gene therapy treatment Zolgensma®, reimbursed by the NHS.

As part of the wider reforms to tackle binge drinking, crime and anti-social behaviour, the Home Office’s Alcohol Strategy Consultation that ended 6 February suggests several changes for the government.

This podcast focuses on the pharmaceutical industry and, in particular, M&A activity in the sector and the recent surge in licensing deals involving Chinese biotechs.

In July 2020, Government announced a raft of measures to be enacted as part of Government's new obesity strategy.

Between 2012 and 2015 the firm acted for a pharmacist client which wished to object to the intended relocation of a new competitor pharmacy within a short distance from its own retail pharmacy.

The Eighth Circuit has recently reviewed whether a pharmacy benefit manager ("PBM") is a "health benefit plan" within the meaning of the state statutes in Mississippi, North Carolina, and Georgia such that a pharmacy may bring a claim to enforce the any willing provider laws against PBMs.

U.K researchers have published a meta-analysis in The BMJ asserting that physical activity calorie equivalent (PACE) labeling on food packaging "may reduce the number calories

The Queen's Speech on 11 May 2021, confirmed Government's intention to introduce a total ban on online advertising and a 9.00 pm watershed on TV advertising for food and drink products high in fat...

Sustainable packaging is a hot topic. Sustainable alternatives to conventional plastic packaging exist, and generally consist of biodegradable materials which are either derived from renewable natural sources...

In May 2021, Oatly made its market debut on the Nasdaq. Trading at 60% over the IPO price puts a US$16 billion value on the company.

In this very special podcast, we take a look at the Life Sciences sector in Norway and how this is one of the country's fastest growing sectors, with innovation, funding and IP being central to this

Clean meat is not only better for the environment, but it also decreases dependence on antibiotics and improves food security.

Pesticides in fruit, traces of antibiotics in milkpowder, splinters of glass in meat - few things are as likely to raise consumers' attention to such an extent as threats to their health...

The UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has joined the Australia-Canada-Singapore-Switzerland (ACSS) Consortium, with effect from 1 January 2021.

It seems that Apple is on the wrong side of another Pear - this time in a patent dispute involving 2 lapsed patents, the Swiss Supreme court and the iMessage service. We'll have to see where that one goes.