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Top 10 Food, Drugs, Healthcare, Life Sciences Headlines from UK

United Kingdom: GPs And Conflicts Of Interest

Under the NHS reforms, CCGs now have responsibility for commissioning healthcare services to meet the reasonable needs of the persons for whom they are responsible.

{Charles Russell LLP}

United Kingdom: Healthcare Regulation

The Law Commission has published a review of the Regulation of Health Care Professionals.

{Charles Russell LLP}

United Kingdom: Following Up The Horsemeat Scandal: DNA Tests & Labelling

Following the horse meat scandal, the European Commission has adopted recommendations on the 19th of February 2013 with a view to launch a coordinated control plan to establish the prevalence of fraudulent practices in the marketing of certain foods.

{Field Fisher Waterhouse}

United Kingdom: Ketchup Case Squashed!

In March of last year, the courts held that a hospital trust's conduct to its contractor was so unreasonable that it was in breach of the express duty to act in good faith in their contract.

{Clyde & Co}

United Kingdom: When Will A Doctor’s Negligent Acts Or Omissions Attract Criminal Liability?

We have advised recently on a number of incidents where it is alleged that a doctor was criminally responsible for the death of his/her patient.

{Clyde & Co}

United Kingdom: Procurement, Patient Choice & Competition In The NHS

In February, the Department of Health laid before Parliament the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) Regulations 2013.

{Charles Russell LLP}

United Kingdom: The EC Issues New Guidance On Data Protection And Plant Protection Products

On 1 February 2013 the European Commission issued new guidance on a number of aspects concerning data protection for plant protection products.

{Field Fisher Waterhouse}

United Kingdom: Lessons In Losec: The Astrazeneca Dominance Decision

A discussion on the unsurprising December decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the AstraZeneca case.

{Field Fisher Waterhouse}

United Kingdom: South West’s Food Industry Poised For Growth

Leaders from some of the South West’s biggest and most successful industries have come together to draw a road map to the region becoming Britain’s agri-food sector ‘centre of excellence’.

{Smith & Williamson}

United Kingdom: UK Supreme Court Decides When Making Spare Parts Amounts To Patent Infringement, And The Consequences For Failing To Register A Patent Licence

The UK Supreme Court has unanimously ruled on an important commercial activity for patentees and spare part manufacturers, namely when supplying replacement parts constitutes patent infringement.

{Mayer Brown}