Legal

In this exclusive Q&A, Alice Valder Curran, life sciences regulatory expert and partner, Hogan Lovells LLP, shares her perspective on the biggest drug pricing challenges today, current efforts to lower drug pricing, and the Inflation Reduction Act.

While ESG is still in the early stages for pharma, many companies are moving forward with a need for compliance.

Examining efforts to boost women representation on company boards.

The validity of ESG-driven investment and reporting in healthcare.

A prime opportunity for pharma to raise its strategic game in ESG.

U.S. patent law will have to adapt to the use of AI in the life sciences industry.

How principles of both can help companies navigate future storms.

Issue represents a potential threat in fighting future pandemics.

Pharma companies should review their commission-based compensation arrangements with independent contractors to address enforcement risk under the Anti-Kickback Statute, in light of recent Department of Justice enforcement.

Instead, incorporate ESG into your long-term business planning.

Role drift and clinical trials among many areas for compliance professionals to keep an eye on in 2022.

Cross-sector businesses are banding together to protect their intellectual property, but there’s a better way to do it.

Pharma and legal experts weigh in on the rush to secure intellectual property around psychedelic medicines, the value imperative that should govern pricing strategies, and the likely long-haul battle for more widespread decriminalization of these drugs.

New technology serves as reminder for the appropriate uses of CRISPR.

As the pressure on teams reviewing promotional content has increases, both in terms of volumes of content and complexity, Sameer Lal discusses the need for a near-term strategies using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to decongest bottlenecks of the manual review process.

The Identification of Medicinal Products (IDMP) software industry has talked up the broader potential of data-driven processes. Pharma companies and their software providers have an important role to play in realizing these processes. Frits Stulp discusses the foundations that need to be laid for lasting transformation of pharma information access in the real world.

Understanding of recent legal developments can help companies avoid infringement.

The eight key areas biopharma manufacturers must stay on top of when planning and executing alliance agreements with prospective digital health partners.

In an unpredictable world, international life sciences collaborations can lead to misunderstandings and enforcement challenges, making an effective dispute resolution mechanism an essential risk management tool.

Assessing the implications for the pharma industry of the America Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which provides nearly two trillion dollars in funding for various government programs, including many related to public health.

Mitigating potential risk for stakeholders in light of latest Sunshine Act developments.

Treat patents as strategic business assets and build an IP portfolio.

Disputes over mRNA-related patents are poised to persist.

Fighting the pandemic with joint projects and IP sharing.