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Simmons & Simmons

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Simmons & Simmons continues to maintain its stellar reputation for pharma product liability disputes and arbitrations. The group handles a range of non-contentious mandates, including agreements between medical device manufacturers and healthcare institutions, and the registration of supplementary protection certificates (SPC). Alexandre Regniault leads the team alongside Jacques-Antoine Robert. Antoine-Robert is a specialist in biotech, and stands out due to his longstanding experience in handling large pharma product liability class actions. Regniault is noted for his deep regulatory knowledge, which he utilises to advise on the negotiation and drafting of clinical trial, licensing, and distribution agreements. Ombline Ancelin has a great deal of expertise in handling both contentious and non-contentious competition mandates within the life sciences space.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Very good expertise.’

  • ‘This team establishes case law on pharmaceutical product liability. Very easy to contact, we feel the goodwill between them, and the sharing of skills.’

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Key clients

  • Merck Santé
  • Merck Serono

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Work highlights

  • Assisting Rhythm Pharmaceuticals in relation to the regulatory and data privacy aspects of their activities in Europe, both at EU level (incl. GDPR) and local laws.
  • Assisting Bayer Healthcare within the framework of multi-jurisdictions claims lodged before civil (including two class actions) and administrative courts and before CCI in the context of various pharmaceutical products (a permanently implanted birth control medical device for women, a pharmaceutical products whose active ingredient is cyproterone acetate and oestroprogestative products).

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