Publications - Life Sciences and Healthcare
In Mexico, health regulations are based on the Constitution and implemented through the General Health Law and its complementary regulations. These comprehensively regulate products such as medicines, medical devices, food, and cosmetics, as well as…
On April 1, 2025, a decree was published reforming article 19 and adding article 40 of the Constitution, expanding the cases in which the official pre-trial detention is applicable. It includes crimes such as the use of chemical precursors,…
The Federal Commission for the Protection against Health Risks (COFEPRIS) has proposed new guidelines regulating the advertising of food and non-alcoholic beverages with warning labels. These provisions include restrictions on advertising schedules…
This newsletter highlights key recent developments in China’s laws and regulations. Specifically, it focuses on the laws and regulations related to foreign investment, market access, foreign debt administration, data economy, privacy and…
The European Parliament gave its support to the pharmaceutical strategy for Europe, by resolution on November 24, 2021. Two main driving forces behind this strategy, adopted by the European Commission on November 25, 2020, are to support industry in…
Royal Decree 957/2020 simplifies the process for conducting observational studies through a common single evaluation procedure for all studies of this type and by reducing the prior requirements. It also introduces changes in relation to the…
Below we summarize some of the specific measures adopted in relation to medical devices by the main European and Spanish authorities. These measures are part of the set of new pieces of legislation affecting the pharmaceutical and healthcare…
Some of the measures adopted in recent weeks to tackle the economic and social impact of COVID-19 have special implications for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry. In this article we analyze the key information that companies in this field…
REGULATION 1257/2012 IMPLEMENTING ENHANCED COOPERATION IN THE AREA OF THE CREATION OF UNITARY PATENT PROTECTION
The European Patent. Scope and effects of the revised translation. Decision of Barcelona Commercial Court no. 4 of May 7, 2012