Maiwald blog articles
Review of the Vertragshandbuch Pharma and Life Sciences
The updated handbook provides a comprehensive collection of annotated sample contracts for all common regulatory areas related to a product's life cycle, from development to c...
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The Closed Season Is Over – Vertical Antitrust Violations Are Not Trivial Offences
It is a widespread misconception that only horizontal antitrustviolations (such as in truck, beer or sausage cartels), i.e. practices between competitors that violate antitrus...
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What Are the Possibilities to Terminate a Contract and Recover Losses From a Contractual Partner either Guilty or Suspected of Corruption?
The need for more stringent anti-corruption and compliance measures to prevent active and passive corruption, contractual obligations to compel businesses to introduce complia...
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Mandatory Information in the Advertising of Medicinal Products
In addition to the prohibition of advertising gifts according to Section 7 of the Law on Advertising in the Health Care System (HWG) (see the blog post of
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On the Failed Draft of a Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers, the Federal Election and the Pre-christmas Season
Attempt to implement Directive (EU) 2019/1937) In order to implement the
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Patent: Ineffective Enforcement of an Interim Injunction – Requirements for a Bank Guarantee as Security
In the underlying case, the injunction plaintiff first obtained a temporary injunction for patent infringement against the injunction defendants bef...
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