King & Spalding LLP's FDA & Life Sciences team focuses on contentious matters and regularly represents clients in product advertising disputes, delimitation proceedings as well as proceedings against parallel importers; here, the practice is particularly well versed at the interface between IP and pharmaceutical law. The team also covers these interfacing matters in an advisory capacity such as the support in product launches and advertising as well as online trading. The team is led by Ulf Grundmann in Frankfurt.
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- 'The way we work is based on clear agreements and no measures are taken without the final consent of the client. This is a pleasantly clear client relationship on equal terms, where the client knows exactly where they stand.'
- 'Ulf Grundmann: His comprehensive expertise in all areas of food, pharmaceutical and medical device law, combined with an independent and always autonomous judgment that does not shy away from clearly addressing uncomfortable truths, make him a reliable business partner for many years. When it comes to critically reflecting on something and yet pragmatically determining the viable path, he is the right person to contact.'
Key clients
- CSL Behring GmbH (Deutschland)
- Olin Germany Upstream GmbH & Co. KG
- Novartis
- ratiopharm
- SGF International e.V.
- Eckes- Granini Group
- GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare GmbH & Co. KG
- biomo Group
- Angelini Pharma Deutschland GmbH
- Amy’s Kitchen
- Heilerde-Gesellschaft Luvos Just GmbH & Co. KG
- Gamers Only GmbH
- Dr. Willmar Schwabe GmbH & Co.KG
- Teva Deutschland GmbH
- Teva Pharmaceuticals B.V.
- Deutsche Homöopathie-Union DHU-Arzneimittel GmbH & Co. KG (DHU)
- Chemische Fabrik Kreussler Co. GmbH
- Dr. Kade Pharmazeutische Fabrik GmbH
- Truw Arzneimittel GmbH
Work highlights
- Advising GSK Consumer Healthcare in a competition dispute concerning advertising claims for the Vitasprint Pro Immun product.
- Advising Amy's Kitchen on food law within the EU and the USA.
- Advising the biomo Group on food law and regulatory issues as well as representing the company in competition law disputes.