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Valeria Sturla

Valeria Sturla is an associate in the Life Sciences team. She advises clients across a wide range of regulatory and compliance issues in the pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetics sectors, and her practice focuses on EU, French and Belgian regulatory advice. Valeria has also assisted in several litigations before the Court of Justice of the European Union, including as part of pro bono efforts. She is a native Italian speaker and fluent in English and French.

In this episode of Covington’s Life Sciences Audiocast, Marie Doyle-Rossi, Anna Wawrzyniak, and Valeria Sturla discuss the position adopted by the European Parliament on 10 April 2024 on the Commission proposal to reform the core EU pharmaceutical legislation.

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