Netherlands: Healthcare

De Amerikaanse organisatie Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) geeft in het rapport "2024 Review of Notorious Counterfeit Markets"...

As consumer appetite for healthy and functional alternatives grows, trademark applications for healthy food branding have spiked.

On 29 January 2025, Minister Agema submitted the (amended) legislative proposal Sound Business Conduct for Care and Youth Aid (Wibz, Wet integere bedrijfsvoering zorg- en jeugdhulpaanbieders)...

Zorg is nauw verbonden met wonen. Zie bijvoorbeeld deze column van mij waarin ik dit toelicht.

Begin 2020 begon de coronapandemie in Nederland. Inmiddels ligt de coronacrisis achter ons, maar wordt er steeds meer

The rules for obtaining approval from the Dutch Competition Authority ("ACM") and the Dutch Healthcare Authority ("NZa") for mergers and acquisitions ("concentrations") in the healthcare sector have changed.

The Court of Appeals of The Hague has recently ruled that healthcare insurance companies, by inviting parties to bid in a tender to become the preferred supplier of a medicinal product which is still under patent protection, do not infringe the originator's patent and do not commit an "unlawful act".

The intention of the bill is to make it possible for providers of medical specialist care to distribute profits, under circumstances.

On 10 May, Edith Schippers, the Health Secretary in the Dutch Rutte I Government, which tendered its resignation at the beginning of the month, submitted a Draft Act on Continuity, Mergers and Divestments in the Healthcare Sector to the Dutch Lower House.