About

Elekta is a Swedish company that provides radiation therapy, radiosurgery, related equipment and clinical management for the treatment of cancer and brain disorders. As legal facilitators of such a groundbreaking company, much responsibility falls on the shoulders of Jonas Bolander and the legal team he leads. A large part of the legal team’s function is securing and protecting Elekta’s intellectual property rights so the company can execute its pioneering innovations and clinical solutions for human care in an unimpeded manner. Another important function of the Elekta team is to ensure the legality of products in all of the company’s countries of operation. This can be an exhaustive exercise, considering that each product may attract the attention of different regulations before it can achieve approval or market clearance by relevant bodies. In addition, each country has specific laws, regulations and medical practices governing the communication of information about medical products on the Internet; offering an intricate challenge for the promotion of products and services. In the space of a year, Bolander’s team is likely to interact with many of the world’s major regulations, including: ISO, EN, and CE Markings; United States Food and Drug Administration Pre-Market Notification information; European Community CE Marking (MDD) information; Canada Health Canada information; and Australia Therapeutic Goods Administration information. By themselves centralising the company’s ethos of long-term relationships, trust and responsibility, resourcefulness, responsiveness and creativity, the legal team has been able to create a unique synergy with the business it represents.