Covington & Burling LLP's life sciences team is based in Frankfurt and led by pharmaceutical and medical device law specialist Adem Koyuncu, who is dually qualified as physician and lawyer. The team offers a cross-location approach and regularly advises start-ups as well as leading national and international companies in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diagnostics, medical technology, cosmetics and food industries. Among the key topics are transactions and internal investigations as well as regulatory matters, including pharmaceutical and medical device law, and compliance. The group frequently cooperates with the Brussels location on European issues, such as EU medical device law; interfacing data protection matters are also covered.
Testimonials
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- 'Adem Koyuncu's qualifications as both a lawyer and a doctor enable a specialist discussion on a spectrum that is second to none. In discussions with medical key opinion leaders, his qualifications as a doctor and as a member of an ethics committee mean that he has a completely different level of acceptance than is usually the case. This also means he can explain legal aspects much better to doctors.'
Key clients
- BioNTech SE
- JenaValve Technology GmbH
Work highlights
- Ongoing advice to the EFPIA association on various pharmaceutical law and data protection issues as well as on legal and strategic questions regarding GDPR implementation.
- Advising a US manufacturer of medical devices on numerous clinical studies, data protection and regulatory matters, as well as on the introduction of an app and cloud-based services; also advice on medicinal advertising and medical device law.