Measures needed to make e-healthcare run smoothly in Lithuania During the COVID-19 crisis, increased demand for remote health care services in Lithuania has been clearly visible. It is in the interest of both patients and healthcare providers that such services can be provided after the quarantine; however, this requires changes to the existing legal framework. […]
New regulations on medical equipment On 6 November 2019, the Ministry of Health and its State Health Care Accreditation Agency approved renewed medical equipment regulations based on EU Regulation 2017/745 and EU Regulation 2017/746. Importantly, some products with no intended medical purpose (e.g. contact lenses that do not affect eyesight, equipment used for cosmetic surgery) […]
Your postman might know too much about you – but if so, it risks 18 million euros. This was the fine issued on 23 October by the Austrian Data Protection agency (‘the Agency’) for breaches of the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) committed by the Austrian postal service, Österreichische Post AG (Austrian Post). This institution, […]
A pre-checked checkbox does not constitute consent which a website user must give for storage of and access to cookies on their equipment. Therefore companies need to change their current practice. This was the conclusion reached by the Court of Justice of the European Union in its judgment in Case C-673/17 Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und […]
Potential changes in Lithuanian pharmaceutical industry: state owned pharmacies are coming on to the market On 27 March 2019, the Lithuanian Cabinet of Ministers approved Resolution No XIIIP-1939 drafted by the Ministry of Health (in Lithuanian), which proposes expanding the functions of state owned health care institutions. The Government of Lithuania has approved an amendment […]
