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On 28 April 2021, the Government published the European Union (Unfair Trading Practices in the agricultural and food supply chain) Regulations 2021 (the "UTP Regulations")

Since July 2026, veterinary medicines manufacturers have been subject to restructured good manufacturing practice (GMP) rules under two new EU Regulations. These standalone frameworks introduce mandatory quality obligations for finished products and active substances, replacing previous guidance-based requirements with directly applicable law. Meanwhile, the European Commission's proposed Biotech Act I aims to streamline variation procedures, simplify GMO approvals, and introduce new incentives for biotechn

Ireland's agri-food sector is entering a period of regulatory change, with new compliance requirements and evolving EU policy shaping considerations for businesses operating across the supply chain.

2025 saw a continuous and re-invigorated focus on the regulation of clinical trials in Ireland and the EU. This briefing looks at what has been happening in this space and what is set to come.

The food and beverage industry, Ireland's largest indigenous sector, is currently facing into an unprecedented challenge with the UK's imminent departure from the EU.

The Council of the European Union has formally adopted the EU Pharma Package, marking the most significant revision of EU pharmaceutical legislation since 2004. This comprehensive reform introduces substantial changes to regulatory protection periods, innovation incentives, medicine shortage protocols, and market access mechanisms that will fundamentally reshape how pharmaceutical companies operate across the European Union.

Explore how modern workplace design and professional environments are evolving to meet contemporary business needs. Discover insights into creating functional, aesthetically pleasing spaces that enhance productivity and reflect organizational values.

Irish people joint-fourth highest consumers of cocaine globally, says UN – this is a recent Irish Times headline arising from the Global Report on Cocaine 2023 from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime...

HGF operates a comprehensive network of intellectual property offices spanning major cities across the United Kingdom, Europe, and Ireland.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has recently issued Guidance Note No. 29 on the Use of Food Marketing Terms (Guidance Note 29).

As part of the EU's Data Strategy, the European Health Data Space Regulation is intended to bring about greater reuse of electronic health data for research, innovation and policy-making purposes.

From 1 February 2016 Irish law places new limits on the commercial arrangements between wholesalers, retailers and suppliers of grocery goods and alcohol products in the Irish marketplace whose worldwide turnover exceeds €50 million.

The 2021 version of the World Anti-Doping Code (the Code) is likely to be approved at the fifth World Conference on Doping in Sport, to be held in November 2019 in Katowice, Poland.

The Irish Health Products Regulatory Authority has launched a dedicated webpage addressing the promotion of medicines on social media, signaling intensified regulatory scrutiny of online pharmaceutical advertising. This development follows a dramatic increase in enforcement actions, with the HPRA removing or amending over 456 web addresses linked to GLP-1 products in 2024 alone. Companies operating in Ireland's medicines market must now navigate strict advertising rules that extend beyond official channels

The European Lawyer Reference Series: Guide to the Distribution and Marketing of Drugs 2013 provides practical information on the sale, promotion, distribution and marketing of drugs in an easy-to-read "question and answer" format.

The advertising of medicinal products is governed by a combination of legislation and self-regulatory codes of practice.

The advertising of medicinal products is governed by a combination of legislation and codes of practice.

The European Union (Online Dissemination of Terrorist Content) (Designation of Coimisiún na Meán as a Competent Authority) Regulations 2024...