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The P&C insurance market has stabilized, but food and beverage businesses face higher premiums and restricted coverage due to fire, flood, and health risks. Enhanced risk management and data differentiation can improve insurance terms.

The Medicines Act says that a pharmacist who qualified in Europe cannot be the responsible pharmacist at a pharmacy that has been registered for less than 3 years.

The EU has published a Tobacco Directive that will probably become law in 2016.

This Reed Smith client alert looks at the recent amendments to the Human Medicines Regulations 2012, which came into force in November 2013.

Inherency is not relevant to the novelty of a "purpose-limited product claim" filed in accordance with Article 54(5) EPC.

Recent advances in automation, machine learning, and cleantech have heralded the "4th industrial revolution". This promises to not only rapidly change...

Why the chief executive of Cancer Research UK believes that investment in research, new innovative treatments and diagnostic tools could fulfil the promise of beating the disease.

The UK Patents Court has upheld Novartis' patent and SPC protecting Entresto, its blockbuster heart failure treatment combining valsartan and sacubitril, rejecting all validity challenges from generic manufacturer Accord Healthcare. The judgment provides crucial guidance on plausibility requirements where experimental data have been generated but not fully disclosed in the patent specification, clarifying when qualitative disclosure of positive results suffices without detailed numerical data.

The Advocate General has delivered a decisive opinion on whether a substance classified as an excipient in a marketing authorisation can be considered an active ingredient for Supplementary Protection Certificate eligibility purposes. This non-binding opinion addresses Halozyme's attempts to obtain SPC protection for a combination involving a substance designated as an excipient, with potentially far-reaching implications for pharmaceutical patent strategy and the relationship between regulatory classificat

The field of neurotechnology is rapidly evolving, bringing together advances in neuroscience, engineering, materials science, and computing. These innovations hold the potential to transform...

Article 54 EPC states that an invention shall be considered to be new if it does not form part of the state of the art.

Think back to school. As soon as you shared a secret, there was no chance you'd ever get control of it back. In the same way, preventing the theft of ideas through corporate espionage or other means presents challenges.

The UK Patents Court has upheld Novartis' patent and SPC protecting Entresto, its blockbuster heart failure treatment combining valsartan and sacubitril, rejecting all validity challenges from generic manufacturer Accord Healthcare. The judgment provides crucial guidance on plausibility requirements where experimental data have been generated but not fully disclosed in the patent specification, clarifying when qualitative disclosure of positive results suffices without detailed numerical data.

Tanya Morahan was aged 34 when she died in July 2018.

The growing popularity of weight-loss drugs has thrown up some interesting issues. On the one hand, they seem to offer at least a partial solution to the burgeoning obesity crisis...

Retailers should continue to monitor the Committee of Advertising Practice Code (CAP Code) governing the advertising of High in Fat, Salt and Sugar (HFSS) products to children.

Retailers should continue to monitor the Committee of Advertising Practice Code (CAP Code) governing the advertising of High in Fat,

The policy behind SDIL is to reduce childhood obesity by encouraging producers to change the recipes and lower the sugar content of the drinks. The Government estimates that over 50% of