BLSK

Healthcare and Life Science

Maria Samolińska is a partner at BLSK and a head of the BLSK Pharmaceutical Law and Health Care team.

Maria is a pharmacist by education with professional experience in pharmacies and hospital and laboratory as well as in a manufacturing and distribution site of medicinal products. In 2009, Maria joined the Supervision Department of the Chief Pharmaceutical Inspectorate and after 4 years she became the first GDP Inspector in Poland. During almost 6 years of work at the Inspectorate, Maria participated in working groups operating by the European Medicines Agency dealing with issues in the field of legislation and supervision in distribution of medicinal products, medical devices and food in the Member States of the European Union. Maria was also a member of the team that dealt with the prevention of illegal distribution chains of medicinal products in Poland and participated in the process of implementing the provisions of Directive 2001/83/EC into Polish regulations.

Since 2015, Maria has been cooperating with Dentons for 8 years, co-creating the Life Sciences advisory team. The scope of Maria's expertise is registration, clinical trials, manufacturing and distribution of medicinal products, medical devices as well as dietary supplements and food. Maria also advises on advertising these products and conducts audits at manufacturing and distribution sites in order to verify the compliance with the requirements of regulatory regulations and with the expectations and accepted practice of the Pharmaceutical and Sanitary Inspection.

Since July 2023 Maria joined BLSK as a partner and the Head of the BLSK Pharmaceutical Law and Health Care team.

Polish, English