Boston Scientific Medizintechnik GmbH v AOK Sachsen-Anhalt – Die Gesundheitskasse. Joined Cases C-503/13 and C-504/13 This is a rare example of a major product liability dispute being referred to the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”). The two issues to be decided by the ECJ were: a) Whether a medical device…
On 12 February 2015, Advocate General (AG) Kokott published her non-binding opinion in a preliminary ruling referred to the…
From 28 March 2015 the powers of the Supreme Court will be enhanced and new rules will apply…
Based on EU recommendations, the Hungarian government is rewriting the entire procurement act, in a move expected to open up the competition for state contracts. Hungary’s rules for public procurement are being rewritten, a change that could have a broad impact on a large number of companies here, as well…
Russia considers a partial withdrawal of its embargo on imports of food products originating from the countries that…
With the 23 December 2014 passing of the Federal Law “On Changes to the Federal Law ‘On Wastes…
In late 2014, the trade associations for the Med-Tech and Diagnostics industries in Europe have recommended phasing out by 1 January 2018 all direct sponsorship of HCPs to attend educational conferences organised by third parties, as well as introducing stricter rules to control indirect sponsorship. The announcement by the European…
At today’s meeting of the European Foreign Affairs Council (“FAC”), the EU reiterated its readiness to designate “spoilers of the…
On December 17, 2014, EU law makers within the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers have reached…
The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) is issuing a final rule amending the Export Administration Regulations, 15 C.F.R. Part 730 et seq. (“EAR”), to impose a license requirement on the export, reexport, or transfer by any person of virtually all “items subject to the EAR” to or within the Crimea…