Bird & Bird's healthcare expertise includes capacities at the interfaces with IP, procurement law and digitisation as well as contentious issues. Dispute resolution in the life sciences sector is a focus area of the team, which is led by Boris Kreye; Kreye regularly assists with patent infringement disputes in connection with medical devices. Alexander Csaki advises private companies and public sector clients at the interface between procurement and regulatory law, including the advice on selective contracts issued by statutory health insurance companies as well as licensing matters, the interchangeability of drugs and drug prices.