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- The CJEU Rules that Companies Can Seek Orphan Status for a New Product Containing the Same Active Substance as an Existing Orphan Product
The CJEU Rules that Companies Can Seek Orphan Status for a New Product Containing the Same Active Substance as an Existing Orphan Product
July 30, 2019, Covington Alert
On July 29, 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued its judgment in Case C-359/18 P, Shire Pharmaceuticals Ireland v. EMA, dismissing the European Medicines Agency’s (“EMA”) appeal and reconfirming the position set by the General Court. Covington represented Shire Pharmaceuticals Ireland (“Shire”), which was recently acquired by Takeda.
August 17, 2018
LONDON—Covington has advised Sensyne Health on medical device regulatory and data protection matters in connection with its £60 million IPO on London’s AIM market. The firm also represented Sensyne Health in negotiating strategic research and data processing agreements with the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the Oxford University ...
July 11, 2016, Covington Alert
The UK recently voted to leave the European Union in an advisory referendum. The impact of Brexit on medical devices regulation in the medium-to-long term will very much depend on the form a post-Brexit UK will take, the relationship that the UK chooses to have with the EU, and indeed the relationship that the EU is willing to accept. That will not become clear ...