Welcome to the latest installment of Arnold & Porter’s Virtual and Digital Health digest. This digest covers key virtual and digital health regulatory and public policy developments during August 2026 from the EU and UK.
The more significant developments this
On 30 June 2026, the UK government introduced the Immigration and Asylum Bill (the Bill), proposing the most significant reforms to the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the MSA) since its enactment. The MSA’s transparency-in-supply-chains regime relies on voluntary disclosure is
On 3 September 2026, Advocate General Kokott delivered a significant Opinion in Case C‑193/25, Poland v Parliament and Council, recommending the annulment of the provisions of the revised Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive 2024/3019 (UWWTD) that require pharmaceutical and cosmetics
The CJEU has delivered a preliminary ruling in Case C-427/24 Diagramm Halbach, which provides guidance on determining whether a product is a medical device within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (“MDR”). The judgment confirms that the manufacturer’s advertising
Welcome to the latest installment of Arnold & Porter’s Virtual and Digital Health digest. This digest covers key virtual and digital health regulatory and public policy developments during July and early August 2026 from the EU and UK.
During July 2026,
On 1 July 2026, the Rapporteur in the European Parliament’s Committee on Public Health (SANT) published his draft report (the Draft Report) in response to the Commission’s proposal to amend Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR) and Regulation (EU) 2017/746 (IVDR) (the
Since 12 September 2025, the EU Data Act (Regulation (EU) 2023/2854, the “EU Data Act”) has required manufacturers of connected products and providers of related services to make in-scope data accessible to users, whether through direct or indirect access mechanisms.
Welcome to the latest installment of Arnold & Porter’s Virtual and Digital Health digest. This digest covers key virtual and digital health regulatory and public policy developments during June and early July 2026 from the United Kingdom and European Union.
On 12 August 2026, the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2025/40) (the “PPWR”) becomes applicable. It replaces the long-standing Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive with a directly applicable, EU-wide regime governing the design, documentation, labelling and end-of-life
