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UK watchdog, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), is coming down hard on anti-competitive pricing practices. Following hot on the heels of fines totalling over £260m for competition breaches relating to the supply of hydrocortisone tablets...

Simon Elsegood explains how this will change public sector investment aimed at developing the economy, following the UK's departure from the EU...

The UK Government has published draft legislation targeting a major restructuring of the National Health Service. This will see the abolition of CCGs (Clinical Commissioning Groups) and the creation of statutory Integrated Care Systems (ICSs).

The EU has adopted final versions of the two adequacy decisions that were issued in draft earlier this year. These permit personal data flows to the UK under the GDPR and the Law Enforcement Directive.

The UK pharma sector is readying itself for the introduction of the new ABPI Code, bringing in extensive changes to the industry's self-regulatory system.

The aim is to identify concrete and actionable steps to review and update the analysis of pharmaceutical mergers, and address perceived harms around price increases and anti-competitive conduct.

The European Parliament has asked the EU Commission to take another look at the UK's data protection adequacy assessment.

As the Chinese life sciences market continues to grow and develop, the Chinese government continues to de-regulate or streamline its regulatory pathways (such as its drug approval regimes). And as Chinese parties seek to exploit foreign technologies...

This week saw the publication of long-expected draft EU legislation aimed at regulating artificial intelligence systems of all kinds. These broad proposals indicate a willingness to take an...

As explained in DEFRA’s supporting documents, GMOs generally involve the introduction of genetic material into an organism. The classic example is lifting DNA from one species and inserting into a...

As the UK's Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021 becomes law, we review what...

The EU Commission has now published draft adequacy decisions for transfers of personal data to the United Kingdom, under both the GDPR and the Law Enforcement Directive. This is welcome news, as it will provide a greater degree of certainty...