… a major change to the Regulation is needed to prevent shortages of life-saving medical devices… Background On Friday 9 December 2022, the European Commission proposed to extend the transition deadline in the Medical Device Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR). According to the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella…
…the essential criterion for being classified as a medical device is the software’s medical objective… Background Relying on an unregulated app or piece of standalone software to provide a diagnosis or recommend treatment could have potentially life-threatening consequences. In June 2020, the UK’s medical devices regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare…
Life sciences companies often turn to geographical licensing to realise the maximum value from their assets, and to ensure their products reach markets worldwide, particularly where they do not have a global footprint. In the context of a collaboration agreement, the owner of certain intellectual property rights may collaborate with…
The convergence of life sciences companies and traditional real estate developers has led to the emergence of an alternative real estate asset class known increasingly as “PropSci”. In this blog, we review: features of the PropSci sector that make the joint venture (“JV”) model attractive for market players; and key…
