The team at Taylor Wessing handles an array of matters involving market access schemes, the marketing of orphan drugs, and clinical trial agreements. Practice head and specialist in commercial and competition law Evelyne Friedel advises on merger notifications and acquisitions, often appearing before the European Commission. Marc Schuler maintains an IT-focused practice, in addition to assisting clients with the IP aspects of transactions, while Anne-Juliette De Zaluski predominantly advises on M&A and private equity transactions.
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Key clients
- ARTIVION (CRYOLIFE)
- BIOCON
- DETECT
- EITAN MEDCAL
- FRESNIUS
- INOGEN
- INSPIRE MEDICAL
- SANAMEDI
- LABORATORIES THEA
- LIFE NET HEALTH
- PACIRA BIOSCIENCES
- PARI
- SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL
- SIGHT SCIENCES
- W .L GORE & ASSOCIATES
Work highlights
- Advised LABORATOIRES THEA on the management of the parallel imports within the European Union; definition of the roles and missions of the chief pharmacists and quality managers at the EU level; regulatory issues concerning the coexistence of several product formulations; drafting of the commercial agreements of the client's subsidiaries with pharmacists’ groups and hospitals at the European level, pursuant to both regulatory provisions and commercial rules.
- Advised the Japanese Organization for Medical Device Development - SANAMED on use of the interim and derogatory measures of the EU Regulation; a request for a derogation before the French drug/medical devices agency (ANSM) for the marketing of their medical device while awaiting the CE marking to be granted by the notified body; and benefit of the new EU Regulation providing for an extension of the CE marking.
- Advised PACIRA BIOSCIENCES on the specific French anti-gift provisions and sunshine provisions and in the drafting of the agreements with health care professionals; the declaration and authorisation procedures before the health authorities; and assistance re. the French rules governing the advertising of medical products.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Friedel Evelyne