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Sunshine Act Takes Effect in South Korea
In early 2017, South Korea joined the global transparency movement and enacted a “Sunshine Act” similar to others found around the…
EU Court Issues Over-Reaching Ruling on Vaccines
In June 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that courts may consider vaccines to be the cause of an illness,…
Changing the Rules Again: The MedTech Europe Code & Third-Party…
Although the new code of conduct for member medical device and in-vitro diagnostic companies operating in the European marketplace…
The New Strict French Anti-Bribery Law
In early December 2016, the Sapin II law was enacted in France. The law, which is meant to promote transparency, fight against…
Eleventh International Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Compliance…
The Eleventh International Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Compliance Congress will be held May 15 - 17, 2017 at the Lisbon…
Anti-corruption: All roads lead to enforcement
Amy Greenstein, Senior Consultant and Veronique Monjardet, Polaris
When it comes to corruption, Life Sciences companies…
EFPIA Transparency Begins
Europe has recently pulled the trigger on their version of our Sunshine Act. While it is true that, with the exception…
Colombia v. Novartis
Several weeks ago, Columbian Health Minister Alejandro Gaviria announced that he was going to find a way to force Novartis to…
Growing Like Weeds – MedTech Europe Adopts New Code of Ethical…
Europe adopted a new Code of Ethical Business Practice late last year. This article explores the purpose of the new Code,…
Medicines for Europe Adopts Physician Payment Reporting Requirements…
The European Generics Medicines Association is undergoing a "rebranding" of sorts. They recently changed their name to…