The team at Stibbe handles the full gamut of regulatory issues relating to hospitals, EU co-promotion agreements, and cases concerning public procurement contracts. Practice co-head Ignace Vernimme is known for his longstanding experience of representing clients before regulatory authorities, including the Belgian Medicine Agency and the Belgian Pharmaceutical Association, while co-head Philippe Campolini primarily focuses on patent litigation and joint research agreements. Louis Bidaine has a great deal of experience in handling multinational patent disputes, in addition to a wide array of non-contentious matters, including rebates, marketing strategies, and promotional practices.
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‘Very responsive, quickly able to grasp complex matters.’
‘Ignace Vernimme is great in keeping the overview of things while still paying attention at all the details. Can quickly cover the essentials. Very knowledgeable.’
Work highlights
- Acting for Mylan in proceedings before the Court of Justice of the EU against the European Commission in relation to an exemption granted to one of its competitors on the market exclusivity of its product Tobi Podhaler as an orphan medicinal product.
- Assisted Out& Out with obtaining a descriptive seizure order, which allowed Out&Out to have an independent expert search for evidence of infringement at the competitor's headquarters. The firm is preparing infringement proceedings to obtain an injunction against the competitor.
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Ignace Vernimme, Philippe Campolini