Jones Day has a strong presence in the digital health sector, advising on telemedicine, digital products, AI, and big data solutions. The team, which boasts robust litigation capabilities and a pan-European reach, supports clients seeking to navigate new regulatory frameworks. Practice head Cristiana Spontoni advises pharmaceutical and medical device companies on legal, regulatory, and compliance matters. Jörg Hladjk and Philipp Werner are of note, bolstering the team further with extensive experience in the digital health sector.
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Key clients
- AbbVie Inc.
- Accelmed Partners
- Amolyt Pharma SAS
- Ascensia Diabetes Care Holding AG
- Biocom California
- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
- Cibus, Inc
- GE Healthcare
- Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
- Institut Pasteur
- MedTech Europe
- Reneo Pharmaceuticals
Work highlights
Represented AbbVie in a landmark Dutch class action alleging excessive medicine pricing during the patent period, based on a human rights and duty of care theory. As the first case of its kind in the Netherlands, it required coordinated cross-border and cross-practice expertise, demonstrating the firm’s integrated global capabilities.
Represents BioMarin in a wide array of regulatory, legal and litigation matters. These include assisting with national pricing and reimbursement matters, the performance of clinical trials and post-market studies, sector-specific healthcare compliance and data privacy matters.
Successfully represented Biocom California in the landmark Illumina case (C-611/22) in which the European Court of Justice invalidated the European Commission's unlawful new Article 22 policy asserting jurisdiction over transactions falling below EU and national notification thresholds.
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Practice head
Cristiana Spontoni
Other key lawyers
Jörg Hladjk; Philipp Werner