Our Life Sciences & Healthcare team has prepared a summary of measures adopted up to April 14 2020 in Belarus specifically targeted at Life Sciences companies. The government has banned export of some medical goods until at least 1 June: respirators, chemical protection suits, bandages, cotton wool, gauze, medical gloves and masks, etc. The Ministry of […]
Updating list of licensed medical activities Draft amendments to the list of licensed medical activities have been published for public discussion. Discussion was closed on 12 December 2019. As of now, it is unclear whether the amendments will be adopted and, if so, when it will happen. The purpose of the draft amendments is to clarify and […]
1. Introduction The introduction should provide an overview of the relationship between pharma regulation and general privacy and data protection law. 1.1. Legislation Key acts, regulations, directives governing the health and pharma sector, and which are relevant to privacy and data protection The key legal act governing the health and pharma sector is the Law […]
I want to have my logo protected in several EU countries. What is better – to have separate national trademark registrations or an EU registration? What are the pros and cons? Trademark rights have a territorial character, meaning that protection will be in force only in the country where the trademark is registered. If you […]
Amended copyright law: open licence introduced On 15 July 2019 a new law introduced amendments to the law “On Copyright and Related Rights”. The majority of amendments will enter into force on 27 May 2020. Probably, the main change is introduction of the notion of an open licence. Belarus law will allow copyright holders to […]