Category: Regulation & Compliance
Insurance: Not Much of a Muchness
Many policyholders believe that the insurance available on the market covering a particular type of risk is much of a muchness. The disputes about insurance cover for business interruption losses due to COVID-19 have highlighted that this assumption is misconceived. Insurance policies are not commoditised. There are no standard forms […]
EU adjusted 2020 Work Programme: product safety and consumer rights remain on the agenda
The European Commission published its adjusted Work Programme for 2020, following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Product safety and consumer law initiatives remain very much on the Commission’s agenda. However, some timelines have been extended and stakeholders will be given additional time to contribute to consultations to help shape future policy and law in these areas.
Products & Consumer Rights: Global Hot Topics
Edward Turtle and Carol Holley
Key takeaways from the Cooley products team webinar on consumer rights.
COVID-19: Weekly Life Sciences Digest – Testing Kits for COVID-19
Natasha Leskovsek, Andrew Barr, Sarah-Jane Dobson, Edward Turtle, Harriet Jones and Julia Maskell
With COVID-19 heralding unprecedented changes in the sector, our life sciences products experts provide a weekly summary of key international developments to keep you up to date.
UK-specific guidance for the application and management of clinical trials in the context of COVID-19
Sarah-Jane Dobson and Amal Ali
The UK’s MHRA has stated it will be particularly flexible and pragmatic in authorising clinical trials connected to COVID-19, referring to its previous track record of having acted swiftly in past public health crises
All Together Now – Update on Collective Redress in Europe
Edward Turtle and Carol Holley
Recent developments in relation to consumer collective redress in Europe.
2020 Vision – Looking Beyond COVID-19: Longer-Term Considerations for Supply and Manufacture of Products During COVID-19
Sarah-Jane Dobson, Andrew Barr and Richard Hopley
With COVID-19 causing a pivot or volume increase in production, companies should pause to reflect on the longer-term considerations in terms of international product safety, liability and insurance law issues.
COVID-19: Weekly Life Sciences Digest – PPE in EU and UK
Sarah-Jane Dobson, Edward Turtle, Harriet Jones and Julia Maskell
With COVID-19 heralding unprecedented changes in the sector, our life sciences products experts provide a weekly summary of key international developments to keep you up to date.
FSA raises bar for CBD food products
Jamie Humphreys and Emma Lidstrom
UK food safety watchdog issues warning to CBD businesses that their products could be ‘taken off the shelves’ if the industry fails to submit valid novel food authorisation applications by 31 March 2021.
COVID-19: Weekly Life Sciences Digest – Initiatives for Fast Tracking Treatments and New FDA Guidance
Phil Mitchell, Edward Turtle, Sana Shakir, Julia Maskell and Alicia Johnson-Cole
With COVID-19 heralding unprecedented changes in the sector, our life sciences products experts provide a weekly summary of key international developments to keep you up to date.