Belgium: Life Sciences, Biotechnology & Nanotechnology

In this sixth alert in our weekly series on the EU Pharma Package, we focus on the proposals of the European Commission, European Parliament and Council of the EU for another topic with a highly debated scope and with diverging interpretations across EU Member States: the "Bolar" exemption.

Under the EU's REACH Regulation 1907/2006, substances must be registered with the European Chemicals Agency before being imported.

On 22 July 2025, the European Commission adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1466 ("Regulation"), updating the EU pharmacovigilance (or "PV") rules by way of amendments...