Author: Sally Shorthose

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 672

ISBN-13: 9789041128454

This online version of this title will be shortly available atwww.kluwerlawonline.com.legislation, cases and customs which apply to the introduction, marketing andsale of a medicinal product (or a medical device) in Europe and to providesome clarity around the aforementioned complicated systems. It iswritten by and for lawyers, both in-house and in private practice, who findthemselves having to advise a client or clients on this ever-changing area oflaw, perhaps on the steps needed to bring a product to market including anysupplementary obligations (such as the need to conduct a clinical trial of theproduct for paediatric use), or perhaps when advising on clinical trialagreements, what “normal” rights and obligations of parties shouldbe included in the agreement. We hope the book will also be of interest andassistance to regulatory advisers. Each chapter presents a particularprocess or subject from a Europe-wide perspective. The chapters take thereader through the life of a medicinal product or medical device, fromdevelopment to clinical trials to product launch and afterwards, and weprovide guidance in matters where regulatory law is used as an instrument oflife-cycle management. With the exception of the advertising chapter,this book deals primarily with the European level of legislation. Where thereare significant national deviations or differences in interpretation, we havebeen able to take advantage of the breadth of Bird & Bird experience in anumber of major jurisdictions: ;UK, ;France, ;Germany, ;Spain, ;Belgium, ;TheNetherlands, ;Italy and ;Sweden tocreate national variations charts that appear at the end of certainchapters. These charts provide information on how the subject matter of thechapter is implemented in those eight major Member States, and they also serveto illustrate how implementation of the EU regulations varies between MemberStates. We have only included relevant or significant information so thelength of these appendices varies, and for some subjects, such as paediatrics,the legislation is so new and pan-European that we decided that no localvariation needed to be included. In addition, at the end of eachchapter we have included a list of guidelines/publications which will directthe readers to sources of additional information. European legislation ispeppered with acronyms. For help keeping them all straight, we included a listof the most commonly used ones in the pharmaceutical area, in addition tothose that appear in each chapter. This online version of this title will be shortly available atwww.kluwerlawonline.com.