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Squatting in a residential property has become a criminal offence

10 May 2012 | Richard John

The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 received Royal Assent on 1 May 2012. This is good news for residential property owners. Section 144 of the Act creates a new criminal...

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Threat to pharma sector innovation as University of York recommends lowering of top threshold for drug costs

9 May 2012 | Paul Gershlick

At a time when innovative pharma sector companies are facing the squeeze with pressure on pricing and high costs of bringing new products to market, they have now received further bad news. The University...

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GSK says it will not make a move for AZ as big pharma struggles to cope with patent cliff

7 May 2012 | Paul Gershlick

GSK, the biggest UK pharmaceuticals company, has ruled out a bid for the second biggest AstraZeneca. The GSK chief executive, Andrew Witty, said that such a move would be distracting. He believes that...

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Patent cliff damage shown in Pfizer’s results after Lipitor lost revenues

7 May 2012 | Paul Gershlick

Pfizer has suffered a big dent in both its revenues and earnings as it has felt the fall brunt of its Lipitor cholesterol blockbuster drug coming off patent. In the first quarter this year, the pharmaceutical...

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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill Receives Royal Assent

4 May 2012 | Jane Anderson

The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (“LASPO”) Bill was granted Royal Assent on 2 May 2012. The Bill has not had a smooth journey through Parliament, with the proposed amendments...

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Proportionate Costs

4 May 2012 | Jane Anderson

A new definition of ‘proportionate’ costs is to be unveiled by Lord Neuberger, Master of the Rolls, later this month. Current Definition What is ‘proportionate’ is the guiding principle for...

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Department of Health agrees to survey pharmacists to address medicine shortage crisis

4 May 2012 | Paul Gershlick

The Department of Health has agreed to consider surveying community pharmacies to find out the impact of medicine supply shortages. The situation is so important that the All Party Pharmacy Group has held...

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Independent Pharmacy Federation calls for 100 MPs to back an early day motion on drugs shortage crisis

4 May 2012 | Paul Gershlick

The Independent Pharmacy Federation, which represents many independent pharmacists in the UK, has called for at least 100 MPs to back a Parliamentary early day motion tabled by Keith Vaz MP to address...

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GSK accuses NICE of failure to support new drugs

4 May 2012 | Paul Gershlick

GSK, the UK's largest pharmaceutical company, has accused the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) of failing to do enough to recognise the value of new medicines and encourage...

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ECJ rules that infringements claims based on keywords can be heard by courts in country where advertiser established – Wintersteiger AG v Products 4U, European Court of Justice

4 May 2012 | Simon Weinberg

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that, where an action is brought for trade mark infringement by using, for example, Google’s “adwords”, that action can be heard by the courts in the...

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Squatting in a residential property has become a criminal offence

Threat to pharma sector innovation as University of York recommends lowering of top threshold for drug costs

GSK says it will not make a move for AZ as big pharma struggles to cope with patent cliff

Patent cliff damage shown in Pfizer’s results after Lipitor lost revenues

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill Receives Royal Assent

Proportionate Costs

Department of Health agrees to survey pharmacists to address medicine shortage crisis

Independent Pharmacy Federation calls for 100 MPs to back an early day motion on drugs shortage crisis

GSK accuses NICE of failure to support new drugs

ECJ rules that infringements claims based on keywords can be heard by courts in country where advertiser established – Wintersteiger AG v Products 4U, European Court of Justice

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