Legal
Selena Gomez and her mother face a lawsuit accusing them and another co-founder of defrauding investors in the mental health startup. Wondermind was co-founded in November 2021 by Gomez, her mother Mandy Teefey and Daniella Pierson as a business promoting mental fitness practices and tools. The lawsuit accuses the company and its founders of falsely [...]
NHS staff who access patient records without a legitimate reason face dismissal or prison under a new crackdown on unlawful access. NHS chief executive Sir Jim Mackey issued the warning as NHS England launched a campaign setting out the consequences of viewing medical records for personal reasons or out of curiosity. It follows several incidents [...]
The European Commission has closed an antitrust probe into Edwards Lifesciences after the company withdrew a policy aimed at so-called "copycat devices". The probe dates back to September 2023, when the Commission carried out a surprise inspection at the facility of a maker of cardiac devices. Edwards later confirmed it was the company subject to [...]
Organised crime gangs are making branded weight-loss jabs that mimic legitimate medicines, the UK medicines regulator has warned. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said the trend emerged in recent months, prompting what it called the largest single seizure of trafficked weight-loss drugs ever recorded by any global law enforcement agency. Andy Morling, [...]
The UK's medicines regulator has announced plans to deepen collaboration with the US FDA to accelerate innovation, strengthen patient safety and reduce barriers to market access. Speaking at the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) conference in San Diego, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) chief executive Lawrence Tallon outlined plans to align medical technology [...]
By Reddie & Grose It is impossible to escape the headlines on GLP-1 agonists such as Ozempic and Wegovy. Therefore, it seems reasonable to assume that the innovator behind these blockbuster drugs has robust, fail-safe strategies to protect their intellectual property worldwide. However, inaction by Danish company Novo Nordisk, who manufactures Ozempic and Wegovy, has [...]
A US Centers for Disease Control vaccines advisory panel has voted to recommend separate vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox instead of a single combined jab. The advisory committee on immunisation practices (ACIP) shifted from recommending the combined MMRV vaccine to separate MMR and chickenpox doses. The move has raised concerns about compliance and [...]
International law firm McDermott Will & Schulte advised Sycamore Partners, a leading New York-based private equity firm, as UK healthcare regulatory counsel on its acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. The total transaction is valued at up to $23.7 billion. Sycamore Partners specialises in consumer, distribution and retail-related investments and partners with management teams to [...]
International law firm McDermott Will & Schulte advised Five Arrows Manager SAS (as sponsor) and Axis Arbor (as debt advisor) in connection with a financing made available by Morgan Stanley and McQuarie Group for the Sponsor's acquisition of Hublo. Hublo is a company focused on transforming healthcare by improving how human resources are managed within [...]
US medical experts warn against using ChatGPT for health advice after a 60-year-old man developed bromism following the chatbot’s dietary guidance. The patient developed bromide toxicity after consulting the AI app about eliminating table salt from his diet and subsequently taking sodium bromide for three months. Bromism, a “well-recognised” syndrome in the early 20th century, [...]
