

Medical Devices and Technologies
Our global medical devices and technologies group acts for companies and institutions across the sector and provides advice to ensure that clients are well placed to manage the challenges they face to capitalise on opportunities
Our global medical devices and technologies group acts for companies and institutions across the sector and provides advice to ensure that clients are well placed to manage the challenges they face to capitalise on opportunities.
Our team spans disciplines including intellectual property (contentious and non-contentious), regulatory, product liability, mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions (including licensing and collaborations), and capital markets and finance matters.
Our international network ensures that we have a ready resource of expertise in a wide range of jurisdictions and that we are well positioned to advise on cross-border work. Our lawyers have been advising clients in the sector for many years and have developed a deep understanding of the issues affecting the industry. This ensures that we add value to any matter and there is no learning curve.
For example, our team has been closely following the current proposed changes to the European medical devices regulatory framework. We have also been tracking and advising our clients on regulatory issues in the context of emerging technologies such as device/drug combinations, medical apps and other “connected health” initiatives. In these areas we use our broad and interdisciplinary experience to help our clients navigate what may often be rapidly evolving or uncertain regulatory pathways and manage the risks of new product development.
Our clients in the medical devices sector include Biomet, Samsung, GE Healthcare, Johnson & Johnson, Fresenius, Covidien, St Jude Medical and Novartis.
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Blog Post: 15 December 2022
The European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, has proposed measures to extend the transition rules of Medical Device Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR) at the Employment, Social…

Blog Post: 25 October 2022
Arbitration in Life Sciences Disputes: a View from New York
Life science companies are increasingly turning to international arbitration as a preferred dispute-resolution mechanism due to its confidentiality, comparative cost-effectiveness, and nearly…

Blog Post: 07 September 2022
Market access for innovations made easier in Slovakia
On 1 August 2022, a crucial amendment to Act No. 363/2011 Coll. on the scope and conditions of the reimbursement of medicinal products, medical devices and dietetic foods under public health insurance…

Publications: 14 March 2022
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