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On 16 April 2025, Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) concluded negotiations on a new international treaty: the Agreement on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (“WHO Pandemic Agreement”). Set to be adopted at
The joint procurement by the European Commission (“Commission”) and the Member States of COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics presented a significant milestone in the EU’s management of the pandemic. In the aftermath of the pandemic, there have been repeated calls for
On March 5, 2025, the Regulation on the European Health Data Space (“EHDS”) was published in the Official Journal (see here). The text enters into force on March 25, 2025, however it only becomes applicable in a staggered manner
On 29 January 2025, NHS England (“NHSE”) published an updated Commercial Framework for New Medicines (the “Commercial Framework”). The Commercial Framework, first published in 2021, sets out NHSE’s approach to commercial activity in relation to new branded medicines and is
On February 26, 2025, the Cali Fund was officially launched. Established by the 196 parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (“CBD”), the Cali Fund invites pharma, cosmetics, food, AI, plant breeding, animal breeding, biotech, and other companies to
On 30 January 2025, the UK Government announced the re-launch of the Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway (“ILAP”) for medicines.
The ILAP is an “end-to-end” access pathway offering a unique opportunity for a medicine’s developer to engage with: (i) the
The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (“MHRA”) is seeking industry feedback on its new draft guideline on individual messenger ribonucleic acid (“mRNA”) cancer immunotherapies (the “Draft Guidance”). Building on the success of mRNA vaccine technology in response to
On 23 January 2025, we hosted the 2025 edition of the Covington European Life Sciences Symposium. The Symposium brought together colleagues from London, Brussels, Frankfurt and Dublin with our industry connections to explore the evolving challenges and opportunities facing the
On 15 January 2025, the European Commission published an action plan on the cybersecurity of hospitals and healthcare providers (the “Action Plan”). The Action Plan sets out a series of EU-level actions that are intended to better protect the healthcare
On 18 December 2024, the European Commission published a proposed implementing regulation relating to pharmacovigilance (“PV”) requirements for human medicines marketed in the EU (“Proposal”), which will update European Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 520/2012 (“Implementing Regulation”). While the core PV