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Morgan Lewis

Shanghai’s 2024 Enforcement Framework on Healthcare Practices – Key Takeaways and How to Prepare

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The Shanghai Health Commission, together with 13 other governmental authorities in Shanghai, jointly published on October 10, 2024 the Shanghai version of the 2024 Notice on Issuing the Key Points of Correcting Improper...more

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Understanding the NewCo Model: A Trending Approach of Chinese Pharmaceutical Companies

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Inventive deal structures are on the rise within China’s life sciences industry, with the “NewCo” model having garnered significant interest among Chinese pharmaceutical companies in recent years. In 2024, several landmark...more

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China Boosts Regulatory Framework for Local Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

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In recent years, China has introduced significant changes to its Drug Administration Law and corresponding legislation, including the nationwide Market Authorization Holder (MAH) system. These reforms aim to boost foreign...more

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China Proposed New Anti-Monopoly Guidelines for the Pharmaceutical Sector

On August 9, 2024, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) released a draft of the Anti-Monopoly Guidelines for the Pharmaceutical Sector (hereinafter referred to as the “AMGP”) for public comment. The AMGP...more

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The Rise of GenAI in Personalized Medicine and Beyond

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GenAI, or Generative AI, has seen a surge in patenting activity with China leading the way in filing patent applications for this technology. The landscape analysis by WIPO reveals Tencent, Ping An Insurance Group, and Baidu...more

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Top legal issues to think about in China-related licensing transactions

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This article provides a general overview of certain Chinese legal considerations for licensing and collaboration deals in the life sciences industry. In particular, this article focuses on two types of transactions...more

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Updated BIOSECURE Act Scheduled For Committee Vote

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A House committee will vote May 15 on an updated version of the BIOSECURE Act, legislation that would block federal contracts to five Chinese biotechnology companies and other drugmakers with certain China-based companies in...more

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Biosimilar Approval Updates in Europe and China

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On April 25, 2024, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (“CHMP”) adopted a positive opinion, recommending the granting of marketing authorization for Biogen Netherlands B.V.’s biosimilar TOFIDENCE (tocilizumab),...more

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Shanghai Municipal Health Commission Issues New Regulation on Integrity Practices for Medical Staff

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The Shanghai Municipal Health Commission—with the Shanghai Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau and the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine—issued a new regulation on April 7, “Implementation Rules...more

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The BIOSECURE Act: Proposed New Legislation Could Affect U.S. Companies’ Plans to Contract With Chinese Biotechnology Companies

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The U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives are both considering legislation that could have a serious impact on the ability of U.S. biotechnology, drug, and medical device companies to do business with...more

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Major Life Sciences Licensing Deal Trends in China in 2023

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This is the first of two articles focused on 2023 life sciences deals in China. The second article, which is coming soon, looks at trends in M&A.  In 2023, there were 240 reported life sciences licensing deals in China,...more

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Congressional Investigations: A Review of Investigations Likely to Continue in 2024 and into the 119th Congress

This is the sixth in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more

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The BIOSECURE Act and Its Potential Implications

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Proposed federal legislation known as the BIOSECURE Act is being considered in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate....more

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Will India Replace China in the U.S. Drug Supply Chain?

In a recent opinion piece in Newsweek, Dr. Rahul Tiwari asserts that pharmaceutical companies in India have an opportunity to supplant China's dominant position in producing active pharmaceutical ingredients ("API's") and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Overview of Recent Anti-Corruption Enforcement Actions in the Pharmaceutical Industry in China

On May 8, 2023, the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”), along with 13 other government departments of the PRC, issued the “Key Highlights for Combating Corruption in the Medicine Purchase...more

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Regulation of drug and medical device advertising in China: an industry under the microscope

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In recent years, there has been an uptick in interest in the Chinese market from licensors based predominantly in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and South Korea. Factors encouraging the in-licensing of products to China include...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for July 2023

Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past...more

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Trade Secrets/Non-Compete Quarterly Update - Q2 2023

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Welcome to our Q2 Trade Secret and Restrictive Covenant Update. As you can tell from the update, Q2 was a busy quarter in this space from both a regulatory, legislative, civil litigation and criminal litigation perspective....more

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Updates on Recent Foreign Approvals and Launches

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​​​​​​​On May 26, 2023, the European Commission granted the marketing authorization to Samsung Bioepis for EPYSQLI, a biosimilar referencing SOLIRIS (eculizumab) developed by Alexion for the treatment of the paroxysmal...more

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How China’s Detailed Human Genetic Resources Rules May Impact Multinational Life Science Companies

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China’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) officially announced on June 1, 2023 the release of the “Detailed Implementation Rules for the Management Regulations of Human Genetic Resources” (the Detailed HGR Rules)....more

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CNIPA’s Requirements on Supplementary Experimental Data and Inventiveness Evaluation of CN Patent Application in Biology and...

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On December 14, 2020, the China National Intellectual Property Administration released “Announcement about Amendments to the Guidelines for Patent Examination (Announcement No. 391)” on its website, showing that the amended...more

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Mabwell Announces Approval of Denosumab Biosimilar MAILISHU in China

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​​​​​​​On March 31, 2023, Mabwell announced that China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved MAILISHU, a denosumab biosimilar, for the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women at high risk of...more

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Chinese Market Biosimilar Update

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This week, Bio-Thera Solutions announced that the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved BAT1806, a biosimilar of ACTEMRA (tocilizumab). BAT1806 is approved for the treatment of rheumatoid...more

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Year in Review: Top Biosimilars-Related Regulatory Developments of 2022

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As 2022 comes to a close, we review Big Molecule Watch’s top five biosimilar regulatory developments of the year...more

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China Approves World’s First Denosumab Biosimilar

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​​​​​​​Luye Pharma Group announced last week that China’s National Medical Products Administration has approved a marketing launch of BOYOBEI® for treatment of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis at high risk of...more

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