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Life Sciences In Switzerland: Legal And Regulatory Overview

Medicinal products are products of chemical or biological origin which are intended or claimed to have a medicinal effect on the human organism, in particular in the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of diseases...

Switzerland Healthcare

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Bär & Karrer

Consultation Opened On Amendments To Pharmaceutical Pricing

Switzerland is moving ahead with the implementation of the Cost Containment Package 2: On 18 February 2026, the Federal Council opened the consultation on a third set of significant revisions...

Switzerland Healthcare

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Bär & Karrer

European Pet, Vet & Animal-health Sector Overview

The European pet, veterinary services and animal-health sector is a large, growing market driven by the "humanisation" of pets and associated rising pet ownership...

Switzerland Healthcare

GGI Global Alliance

Digital Agriculture: How Patents Help To Ensure Sustainable Food Security

The European Patent Office (EPO) has launched a series of initiatives to measure and encourage innovation in digital agriculture across the EU.

European Union IP

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Novagraaf Group

Swiss Therapeutic Products Act Revision: A Step Forward In Digitalization

Switzerland Healthcare

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Bär & Karrer

Revision Des Heilmittelgesetzes (HMG): Erhöhte Medikationssicherheit Und Arzneimittel Für Neuartige Therapien

Switzerland Healthcare

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Bär & Karrer

A Turning Point For Fiduciary Accountability: PBM-Owned Rebate Aggregators In The Spotlight

Switzerland Accounting

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Cost Containment Measures In Switzerland Regarding Pharmaceuticals: Pricing Models Under Current And New Law

Switzerland Healthcare

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Bär & Karrer

Swiss Federal Supreme Court Prohibits The Use Of Animal Species Names For Plant-Based Meat Substitutes

Switzerland Healthcare

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Lenz & Staehelin

Life Sciences 2025

Switzerland Healthcare

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Bär & Karrer

Life Sciences 2025

Switzerland Healthcare

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Bär & Karrer

Panel Discussion: Supply Chain Disputes

Switzerland Litigation

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Bär & Karrer

"Burek King" Fails Against "BURGER KING" – The Federal Administrative Court Confirms Risk Of Confusion

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MME

Life Sciences 2024

Switzerland Healthcare

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Bär & Karrer

The Berne Financial Services Agreement Between Switzerland And The United Kingdom: Overview And Key Takeaways

Switzerland Finance

SKANDAMIS AVOCATS

FINMA Guidance 01/2026: New Requirements For The Custody Of Cryptobased Assets

Switzerland Technology

RUGGLE Partner

Social Security Practice: Important Information For Applying For A1 Certificates / Certificates Of Coverage (CoC)

Switzerland Employment

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CONVINUS

Technology Proof-of-Concept Agreements: 6 Legal Issues Businesses Often Miss

Switzerland Technology

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Logan & Partners

10-Million Switzerland: Federal Council Report On SVP "No 10 Million" Initiative

Switzerland Immigration

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Vischer AG

Switzerland And Laughing Gas Poisoning – A Legal Classification

Narcosis, whippped cream, engine tuning or party drug: laughing gas has many uses in Switzerland. But what is the legal classification of laughing gas...

Switzerland Healthcare

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MME

Implications For Intellectual Property Rights Following Switzerland And India's New Free Trade Agreement

On March 10 2024, Switzerland – together with fellow European Free Trade Association members Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland – signed the ‘Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement' with India.

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Lenz & Staehelin

Comprehensive Amendments To Swiss Food Law Regulations Effective February 2024

Starting February 2024, Swiss food manufacturers and retailers must comply with new standards following a comprehensive revision of Swiss food law.

European Union Healthcare

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Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law

Swiss Federal Supreme Court Rules That Recommended Resale Prices Of Pfizer Represent Unlawful Resale Price Maintenance

The Swiss Federal Supreme Court (FSC) has concluded that recommended resale prices issued by Pfizer Ltd. (Pfizer) constituted unlawful resale price maintenance...

Switzerland Anti-trust

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Bär & Karrer

Switzerland – The Food And Nutrition Innovation Center

Switzerland Healthcare

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Goldblum and Partners

Germany Is Going To Specify Safety Expectations For Reimbursable Digital Health Applications

Switzerland Healthcare

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Bär & Karrer

Regulatory Framework For CBD Products In Switzerland

Switzerland Healthcare

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Loyens & Loeff

Implementation Of Several Parts Of The Revised TPA And Pata As Well As Of The Therapeutic-Products-Ordinance-Package IV On 1 January 2019

Switzerland Healthcare

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Bär & Karrer

Marketing Under The New Swiss Tobacco Regulation

Switzerland Healthcare

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Doping - Legalize It!

Switzerland Media & IT

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Rihm Attorneys

Reproductive Medicine - Permissibility And Limits In Switzerland

Switzerland Healthcare

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MLL Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep Ltd

More Cocoa Powder For The Swiss? The Swiss View On The "Nutella Gap"

Switzerland Healthcare

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CMS von Erlach Partners AG

Freispruch für das Doping!

Worldwide Media & IT

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Rihm Attorneys

New Regulations Regarding Drug Pricing

Switzerland Healthcare

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Bär & Karrer

Reproductive Medicine - Permissibility And Limits In Switzerland

On 1 September 2017, the revised law on reproductive medicine and the revised reproductive medicine ordinance came into force in Switzerland

Switzerland Healthcare

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MLL Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep Ltd

More Cocoa Powder For The Swiss? The Swiss View On The "Nutella Gap"

Should Ferrero, the producer of Nutella, be hindered to produce a Swiss-style Nutella just for the Swiss market with more cocoa powder than the "normal" Nutella?

Switzerland Healthcare

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CMS von Erlach Partners AG

Freispruch für das Doping!

Die heutige Dopingpolitik mit ihrer angeblichen Sorge um die Gesundheitsgefährdung von Spitzensportlern ist von Widersprüchen geprägt und möglicherweise verfassungswidrig.

Worldwide Media & IT

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Rihm Attorneys

New Regulations Regarding Drug Pricing

In its decision of 14 December 2015, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court had confirmed that the practice of the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) which, in the course of the regular triennial review, determines the prices of drugs...

Switzerland Healthcare

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Bär & Karrer

Limited Swiss Pre-Approval Requirement For Pharmaceutical Advertising

Switzerland Media & IT

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Leading Case And Amendment Of The Ordinances Regarding The Examination Of Drug Prices

The Federal Administrative Court's leading case (C-5912/2013) was a about an order of the FOPH that imposed to reduce the price of a specific drug by almost 26% only based on the ERP, without consideration of the IRP.

Switzerland Healthcare

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Bär & Karrer

Grundsatzurteil Und Verordnungsrevisionen Betreffend Überprüfung Von Arzneimittelpreisen

In einem Grundsatzentscheid vom 30. April 2015 hat das Bundesverwaltungsgericht entschieden, die bald fünfjährige Praxis des Bundesamts für Gesundheit (BAG)...

Switzerland Healthcare

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Bär & Karrer

Ordinary Revision Of The Therapeutic Products Act (2nd Stage): More Child-Friendly Medicines And Simplified Access To Medicines

Changes to the Therapeutic Products Act will improve public access to medicines and conditions for biomedical research and industry.

Switzerland Healthcare

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MLL Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep Ltd

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