Provincial and territorial premiers first announced the Pan-Canadian Pricing Alliance (PCPA), an initiative aimed at facilitating multi-jurisdictional negotiations on prices of brand name drugs, back in the summer of 2010.

Health Canada has issued an update to its earlier position, and has announced its current position on certain activities associated with unapproved medical devices in Canada, and the corresponding roles and responsibilities of stakeholders and industry.

The Regulations Amending the Food and Drug Regulations (Labelling, Packaging and Brand Names of Drugs for Human Use) – more commonly known as the "Plain Language Labelling amendments" – came into force on June 13, 2015.

One of the fundamental principles of finance is that with greater risk comes the possibility of greater returns.

Nous avions parlé dans ce billet des importants changements proposés à la Loi sur les brevets par le projet de loi C-43 ?

Health Canada introduced the regulatory amendments in July 2014 as part of its Regulatory Transparency and Openness Framework and its commitment to make information more readily available to Canadians.

Vous vous rappelez le billet de mon collègue Pierre intitulé « Fameuses nouvelles dans le Budget fédéral ! » ?

Avec juillet arrivent les vacances, la canicule et ma pelouse qui se meurt de soif ! C’est aussi le moment de l’année où les cours en propriété intellectuelle IPIC-McGill ont lieu.

MergerMarket Group recently published a research report that presents the expectations of 50 industry experts based in the US and Canada on North American mid-market M&A activity.

Executives around the world have a strong appetite to pursue acquisitions, the highest in six years, according to Ernst & Young's Global Capital Confidence Barometer (the Report), released at the end of October.

Global M&A continues to rise with over $2.19 trillion recorded in the first half of 2015, according to Dealogic data.

The global pharmaceutical sector has been rocked by several significant mergers and acquisitions in 2015...

Overall, there were 16,588 reported deals in the second half of 2014 worldwide, worth roughly $3.2 trillion; this surpasses the previous record, in the second half of 2007, of 16,060 transactions, worth roughly $3.7 trillion.

The 2014 trend of high value deals continues, according to a recently released Mergermarket Monthly M&A Insider report on global M&A activity.

Articles in the February 2010 Issue of Franchising Focus are: Norton Rose merger, FWA awards Domino's franchises single interest authorisations, Are Franchisors caught by the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (Cth)?, Retail is detail, Unconscionable conduct inquiry

This new offence of failing to prevent foreign bribery is part of the reforms to the anti-bribery and corruption regime.

Join us on Thursday, February 26, 2015 for a webinar on successor liability under the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

Welcome to the final edition of the Deacons Competition & Consumer Law Update. On 1 January 2010, the Norton Rose group and Deacons Australia are joining forces. We look forward to presenting our next update as the first edition of the Norton Rose Australia Competition & Consumer Law Update.

Episode 1 discusses autonomous vehicles; cryptocurrencies; China's use of facial recognition to stop jaywalkers and more.

A phenomenon is pervasive in the United States and is becoming much more common in Canada: post-deal litigation.