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The Life Sciences sector has not been as newsworthy, pressured and flush with investors in living memory.

This client alert looks at the impact of a new drug driving offence in the UK which will come into effect during 2014 as part of The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (the "CCA 2013").

Opioid prescriptions in England have risen by 34 %, whilst hospitalisations increased by nearly 50 % between 2008 and 2018.

A range of articles from Rouse since 2018 covering IP legal developments impacting the pharmaceutical industry...

Our first Pharmacy Conference of 2012 was heavily oversubscribed before we had begun to promote it, so we are going to re-run the conference in London on 23 March 2012.

Carly Duckett provides an overview of potential changes to fresh food packaging regulations, summarising what those regulations would mean for organisations in the food and drink sector and what steps...

In this article, we discuss how generative AI can provide a shortcut for developing therapeutic candidates.

Trends in the food and beverage industry can move quickly, and food science and development is a vibrant field of technology with over £5.8bn of investment in 2024, and around 10,000 new products launched annually.

In the face of Brexit discussions, the protection of agricultural products and foodstuffs, with regards to the quality we have come to expect, remains unclear.

Katherine Dainty explains how technology has created potential for plugging the data gaps in general health, improving research on female-specific conditions and improving the future of women's health.

A UK court has ruled on the validity of Novartis's supplementary protection certificate for Entresto, examining whether the SPC product should be defined as the specific co-complex formulation or the broader...

In the second part of this two-part article, we take a deeper dive into the European Patent Office (EPO) Board of Appeal case law relating to inventions in the field of food technology.

This case concerned the interpretation of the scope of royalty clauses in two sub-licence agreements concerning second medical use patents sub-licensed by AstraZeneca to Tesaro...

The food and drink sector is the largest manufacturing sector in the UK — larger than the automotive and aerospace sectors combined.

The end of the transition period is fast approaching and producers should be aware of the new rules that will come into force from 1 January 2021 surrounding the protection of GIs within the UK.

While patents are most often associated with new products like food compositions or food preparation equipment, they can also be obtained for new processes.

Over recent years, there has been a rise within the food and drink industry in healthy alternatives, as consumers become more conscious of their diet, and more wary of what goes in to their food and drink.

Nomio, a broccoli-based sports supplement gaining popularity among endurance athletes, has secured patent protection for its innovative use of sulforaphane to enhance exercise performance and treat metabolic conditions. This analysis explores how the company leveraged university research to protect both therapeutic and non-therapeutic applications of their simple three-ingredient formula, demonstrating that even products with common ingredients can achieve robust patent protection through novel use claims.