Life Sciences

Seminar - Join us for a light lunch and informative seminar on Wednesday, 18 September, regarding hospital tenders for pharmaceutical products that are covered by second medical use of patents.

Short Reads - In two recent decisions, the Dutch Supreme Court has clarified the evidentiary power of signed documents. If the signatory unambiguously denies that the signature on the document is his or hers or claims that another party has tampered with the signature (for instance, through forgery or copying a signature from one document and pasting it in another), it is up to the party invoking the signed document to prove the signature's authenticity (ECLI:NL:HR:2019:572).

Speaking slot - Ignace Vernimme, IP Partner at Stibbe Brussels, moderates a roundtable discussion on 'second medical use patents'. Manuel Campolini, of-counsel at Stibbe Brussels, co-moderates this session. Floris ten Have, Competition and Regulation Partner at Stibbe Amsterdam, chairs a session on opportunities and challenges for biosimilar medicine developers.

Articles - Organismen die zijn verkregen door middel van mutagenesetechnieken of –methoden zijn genetisch gewijzigde organismen (GGO’s) in de zin van de GGO-richtlijn 2001/18. Dit is wat het Europees Hof van Justitie op 25 juli 2018 oordeelde in de zaak C-528/16. Hiermee schept het Hof klaarheid in het juridisch niemandsland rond teeltvariëteiten bekomen door middel van mutagenese.

Masterclass - Stibbe will host a masterclass entitled 'Alcohol and drug testing in the workplace' on 6 June in Amsterdam. During this masterclass, employment law expert Johan Zwemmer and privacy experts Frederiek Fernhout and Judica Krikke will discuss the Dutch Data Protection Authority's general prohibition of these tests and discuss whether and how employers should implement.

Short Reads - The first year of the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") is over. Although early noises predicted an entirely new data protection regime, the European legal framework did not change substantially, the major changes being an expansion of the territorial scope to non-EU countries and stronger powers of enforcement. In spite of fears and rumours of immediate enforcement and huge fines, most regulators focused on helping companies achieve compliance, or they enforced without directly imposing fines.

Articles - The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has fulfilled its European obligations in the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism by transposing Directive 2015/849 of 20 May 2015 (also known as the 4th EU AML Directive) into national law with the brand new Law of 13 January 2019 (the RBE Law). Below is an overview of the important disclosure obligations that will soon apply to a wide range of Luxembourg entities.

Short Reads - In een uitspraak van 2 mei 2018 heeft de Afdeling bestuursrechtspraak van de Raad van State geoordeeld dat een bestuurlijke waarschuwing een appellabel besluit is indien die is gebaseerd op een wettelijk voorschrift.