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Court Of Protection Lifts Treatment Restrictions For Young Woman With Severe Anorexia Nervosa

In a significant Court of Protection judgment handed down on 31 July 2025 – Patricia's Father v Patricia [2025] EWCOP 30 (T3) – Mrs Justice Arbuthnot lifted previous...

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Browne Jacobson

The Recipe For Success: How Food Science Innovators Can Use IP To Retain Their Competitive Edge

Trends in the food and beverage industry can move quickly, and food science and development is a vibrant field of technology with over £5.8bn of investment in 2024, and around 10,000 new products launched annually.

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Boult Wade Tennant

Early Access Service To Launch For Innovative Medical Devices

A key platform of the government's Life Sciences Sector Plan and the 10-Year Health Plan is for the UK to be a global leader in life sciences.

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Browne Jacobson

Strengthening NHS Management: A Legal Perspective On New Proposals To Enhance Patient Safety And Professionalism

The UK government has recently unveiled a series of proposals aimed at reforming the management structure within the NHS.

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Browne Jacobson

Can CRISPR And RNAi Help Us Develop New And More Sustainable Fruits And Vegetables?

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Potter Clarkson

Weight Loss Drug Safety Study: Implications For Insurers

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Browne Jacobson

Covert Medication – What You Need To Know (8 August 2025)

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

UK To Ban Sale Of Energy Drinks To Children Under 16. Will The US Follow Suit?

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Michael Best

UK Medical Devices Regulations: Further Changes Afoot

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Arnold & Porter

UK Proposes Early Access Service For Innovative Medical Devices

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Arnold & Porter

EU Regulatory Reform For Medicinal Products: Bolar Exemption

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Wellness Drink Tripped Up By Unauthorised Health, Nutrition And Medicinal Claims

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Lewis Silkin

Product Regulation And Metrology Bill Receives Royal Assent

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Jones Day

Hot Topics: Life Sciences

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Addleshaw Goddard

EFRAG Launches Consultation On Simplified European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) Under The CSRD

United Kingdom Commercial

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Hidden Homelessness: Legal Guidance For 'Sofa-Surfers' (29 July 2025) (Video)

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Corporate Finance Soundbite: Mergerspresso - Episode 15: Moving On Up… (Podcast)

United Kingdom Finance

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Addleshaw Goddard

IHT Instalment Options

United Kingdom Family

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Wrigleys Solicitors

AI Isn't A Magic Bullet — Why Adoption Matters More Than Tech (Video)

United Kingdom Technology

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Alvarez & Marsal

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Food and Drugs Law

The Recipe For Success: How Food Science Innovators Can Use IP To Retain Their Competitive Edge

Trends in the food and beverage industry can move quickly, and food science and development is a vibrant field of technology with over £5.8bn of investment in 2024, and around 10,000 new products launched annually.

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Boult Wade Tennant

A Snapshot Of The Semaglutide Patent Landscape

Obesity affects over 1.9 billion people worldwide. In 2024, global spend on anti-obesity medication exceeded $30 billion for the first time, which is over a ten-fold increase since 2020...

United Kingdom IP

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Maucher Jenkins

Generative AI Designs New Antibiotics - But Who Owns The Invention?

The global rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has created an urgent need for new chemical modalities to combat drug-resistant pathogens.

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

Can CRISPR And RNAi Help Us Develop New And More Sustainable Fruits And Vegetables?

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Potter Clarkson

Weight Loss Drug Safety Study: Implications For Insurers

United Kingdom Healthcare

BJ

Browne Jacobson

Covert Medication – What You Need To Know (8 August 2025)

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Employment Essentials: Drugs In The Workplace - What Employers Need To Know (Podcast)

United Kingdom Employment

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Gowling WLG

UK To Ban Sale Of Energy Drinks To Children Under 16. Will The US Follow Suit?

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Michael Best

UK Proposes Early Access Service For Innovative Medical Devices

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Arnold & Porter

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Life Sciences, Biotechnology & Nanotechnology

Early Access Service To Launch For Innovative Medical Devices

A key platform of the government's Life Sciences Sector Plan and the 10-Year Health Plan is for the UK to be a global leader in life sciences.

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Browne Jacobson

UK Court Of Appeal Upholds Moderna MRNA Patent Against Pfizer/BioNTech

On August 1, 2025, a UK Court of Appeal upheld the validity of Moderna's European Patent No. 3,590,949 ("EP'949") in a dispute with Pfizer and BioNTech.

United Kingdom IP

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Launch Of The Biotech And Biomanufacturing Hub

Earlier this year, the European Commission launched a Biotech and Biomanufacturing Hub that provides tools and resources to help companies, particularly start-ups and SMEs...

United Kingdom IP

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Boult Wade Tennant

Covert Medication – What You Need To Know (8 August 2025)

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

UK Medical Devices Regulations: Further Changes Afoot

United Kingdom Healthcare

AP

Arnold & Porter

UK Proposes Early Access Service For Innovative Medical Devices

United Kingdom Healthcare

AP

Arnold & Porter

EU Regulatory Reform For Medicinal Products: Bolar Exemption

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Watch What The Federal Government Does, Not What It Says, About Artificial Intelligence

United Kingdom Technology

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IR Global

Product Regulation And Metrology Bill Receives Royal Assent

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Jones Day

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Healthcare

Court Of Protection Lifts Treatment Restrictions For Young Woman With Severe Anorexia Nervosa

In a significant Court of Protection judgment handed down on 31 July 2025 – Patricia's Father v Patricia [2025] EWCOP 30 (T3) – Mrs Justice Arbuthnot lifted previous...

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Browne Jacobson

Understanding The Different Types Of Later Living Housing

To meet the needs of an ageing population, the range of later living housing options continues to expand.

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Browne Jacobson

AI In Healthcare: Turning Awareness Into Action With Risk Assessments

Last month, our article on AI governance in healthcare became one of the week's most-read pieces on Mondaq. The takeaway was clear: healthcare leaders are paying attention to the ethical, security, and compliance challenges AI brings.

United Kingdom Technology

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NAVEX

Early Access Service To Launch For Innovative Medical Devices

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Browne Jacobson

Strengthening NHS Management: A Legal Perspective On New Proposals To Enhance Patient Safety And Professionalism

United Kingdom Healthcare

BJ

Browne Jacobson

Later Living Housing: Meeting The Challenge Of An Ageing Society

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Browne Jacobson

Weight Loss Drug Safety Study: Implications For Insurers

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Browne Jacobson

Covert Medication – What You Need To Know (8 August 2025)

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Embracing AI: Revolutionising Maternity Care And Patient Safety In The NHS

United Kingdom Technology

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Browne Jacobson

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Patents

Supplementary Protection Certificates: The Court Of Justice Agrees With Potter Clarkson That SPCs With Negative Terms Are Acceptable

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled yesterday in an important case (C-125/10, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt), relating to Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs).

European Union IP

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Potter Clarkson

Value Added SPCs - CJEU Clarifies Broad Scope Of Protection

Following hot on the heels of important SPC decisions issued in late 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has now issued a reasoned order in the Novartis v Actavis case (C-442/11).

European Union IP

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Potter Clarkson

Supplementary Protection Certificates: The CJEU Issues Its Decision In Two Seminal Cases

On 24 November 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its judgement in two seminal cases relating to Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs).

European Union IP

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Potter Clarkson

HGS v Eli Lilly: Bar For Industrial Applicability Of Gene Patents In UK Lowered And Realigned With The EPO

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Potter Clarkson

Pharmaceutical Patent Settlement Agreements - European Commission Scrutiny Continues

United Kingdom IP

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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

You Never Give Me Your Money: Competition Law, Damages Actions, And The Healthcare Sector

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Taylor Wessing

Generic Opportunities Arising For The Blockbuster Antihypertensive, Diovan® (Valsartan)

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Generics Web

EU/UK Competition Law Newsletter - February 2011

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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McGuireWoods LLP

Reform Of Corporation Tax For Lifesciences Companies - A Chance To Have Your Say

United Kingdom Tax

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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

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Latest Videos

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Latest Trends With EMA And MHRA Inspections In The EU And UK

AP

Arnold & Porter

Episode #1: Hugo Scheckter - Player Care: The Importance Of Mental Health And Wellbeing In Football (Video)

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Blaser Mills

J2J Clinical Negligence Webinar: Session 3 – What Do You Need To Prove – Breach Of Duty (Video)

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Gatehouse Chambers

Osseointegration For Amputees (Video)

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BLM

Legally Vocal: Patrick Duxbury On His COVID-19 Vaccine Work And 20-Year Career In Life Sciences (Video)

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Gowling WLG

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