Healthcare and life sciences

Dealing with life sciences and pharma from a legal point of view requires in-depth understanding of the numerous applicable EU and Belgian rules covering the manufacture, distribution, marketing and advertising of pharmaceuticals (both generics and biosimilars) and medical devices. Intellectual property (patents, SPC, trademarks, software …) and related rights (e.g. know how protection, data and market exclusivity) play an essential role in protecting the protection of the medicament’s life cycle and the competitive advantages demanded by the significant investment levels. Other related matters, such as public tenders, research and development contracts, personal data protection, administrative procedures, etc. also play a key role

Healthcare and life sciences Simont Braun belgian business law firm

Multidisciplinary legal assistance

Several teams collaborate within Simont Braun to provide assistance to a wide range of operators in this field. Our Intellectual Property team enjoys particular experience in patent and trademark litigation and in all matters relating to advertising and distribution.

  • Contracts
  • Regulatory 

We provide advisory services in corporate, M&A, governance, real estate, lease contracts, distributorships, anti-competitive practices, databases, software protection, processing services and other matters of general economic law.

Wide experience for all actors of the sector:

  • Various labelling and advertising issues relating to pharmaceuticals: opinions, negotiation with regulatory authorities and litigation between competitors;
  • Assistance to patent, SPC and trademark proprietors to defend their exclusive rights;
  • Assistance to various operators in the marketing chain against third-party claims relating to IP rights and trade practices;
  • Marketing authorisations for medicines and medical devices, documents and marketing exclusivity;
  • Transactional work and opinions covering outsourcing, marketing data, clinical and other personal data, experiments on humans;
  • Warehousing of health products and sale commissionaire schemes, various forms of supply contracts, agency and other distribution agreements (including issues related to administration of foreign marketing authorisations), e-commerce, drug supply obligations in the context of public tenders;
  • Manufacturer/importer cooperation with health professionals, various forms of cooperation among health professionals.

Lawyers

Eric De Gryse
Eric
De Gryse
Partner
Fernand de Visscher
Fernand
de Visscher
Partner
Michaël De Vroey
Michaël
De Vroey
Partner
Rafaël Jafferali
Rafaël
Jafferali
Partner
Manuela von Kuegelgen
Manuela
von Kuegelgen
Partner
Charles-Edouard Lambert
Charles-Edouard
Lambert
Counsel
Arnaud Bouten
Arnaud
Bouten
Associate
Simon Dallemagne
Simon
Dallemagne
Associate
Zoé Ledent
Zoé
Ledent
Associate