Updates on Legal Developments in the EU Life Sciences Industry
The European Parliament and Council are currently negotiating the wording of a new Regulation establishing a Single Market emergency instrument (“SMEI”). This new measure builds on the experience gained from the COVID-19 crisis and gives new powers to the Commission, in close cooperation with the Member States. This blog briefly…
Continue Reading Single Market Emergency Instrument: Potential Impact on Medical DevicesSupplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) are a form of patent term extension right that are available in the EU for medicinal products.
Tune into this episode of Covington’s Life Sciences Audiocast where Inga Pietsch and Roderick Dirkzwager discuss some of the developments in SPC case law from the European Court of…
Continue Reading EU Talking Life Sciences Audiocast: Supplementary Protection Certificates – What It Means for a Product to Be Protected by a Basic Patent in Force and Future Proposals in the EU