11/12/2025 11:12:35 AM Product Risks Today: Germany’s approach for a new Product Safety Act By Laura Knoke Moritz Becker Anita Bell Rixa Kuhmann +1 more... Show less The German government has introduced a draft bill to update its national Product Safety Act (Produktsicherheitsgesetz – ProdSG).[1] This...
10/13/2025 12:38:47 PM UK medical devices regulation – where are we now? By Andrew Austin Harriet Hanks Rachel Duffy Kyu-Won Kim Braun Scott +2 more... Show less As anticipated, 2025 has proven to be a critical year in the UK’s journey towards a new medical devices regulatory regime post-Brexit...
9/16/2025 11:14:23 AM Product Risks Today: The draft implementation bill of the EU Product Liability Directive By Moritz Becker Kristina Weiler Anita Bell Hannah Meyer +1 more... Show less I. Introduction With the adoption of the new EU Product Liability Directive 2024/2853 (the Directive) in December 2024, EU Member States...
5/26/2025 7:54:03 AM Product Risks Today: Digital services in the scope of the new Product Liability Directive By Moritz Becker Lutz Riede Kristina Weiler Anita Bell Hannah Meyer +2 more... Show less Introduction The new Product Liability Directive (PLD) marks a significant evolution in European liability law. While traditionally...
4/1/2025 8:25:46 AM Product Risks Today: How the new Product Liability Directive facilitates private enforcement By Moritz Becker Anita Bell Hannah Meyer The EU’s new Product Liability Directive (PLD), effective as of 8 December 2024, brings significant updates to the 1985 product liability...
2/14/2025 10:31:12 AM SPC protection for second medical uses post-Brexit - UK Court of Appeal clarifies test By Laura Whiting Dr. Christopher Stothers Alexandra Morgan Nicholas Fischer +1 more... Show less The Court of Appeal has clarified that Brexit has not changed the test to determine whether supplementary protection certificate (SPC)...
1/21/2025 12:08:01 PM The first significant overhaul of the UK clinical trials regime in two decades begins to take shape By Andrew Austin Rachel Duffy Kyu-Won Kim Honor May +1 more... Show less In brief: On 12 December 2024, draft legislation to amend the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004 was laid before...
12/20/2024 3:51:44 PM UK medical devices regulatory reform: where are we now and what’s next for 2025? By Andrew Austin Harriet Hanks Emily Bloxsome Honor May Charlotte Case +2 more... Show less In summary: The UK MHRA’s plans for reforming the medical devices regulatory framework post-Brexit have begun to take more concrete...
12/13/2024 8:26:17 AM New General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) set to transform the EU product compliance framework By Andrew Austin Moritz Becker Laura Knoke Harriet Hanks Anita Bell Rixa Kuhmann +3 more... Show less Today, on 13 December 2024, the new General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) comes into force, introducing modernised safety standards...
10/10/2024 2:50:08 PM The EU Product Liability Directive: Key Implications for Software and AI By Moritz Becker Lutz Riede Kristina Weiler Anita Bell Christina Moellnitz +2 more... Show less The European Union‘s updated Product Liability Directive (PLD), adopted by the European Council today and expected to come into effect in...
6/28/2024 12:45:51 PM Thou shalt not settle? Servier – the European Court of Justice’s Latest Chapter In the “Pay for Delay” Saga By Bola Ajayi Tone Oeyen Dr. Christopher Stothers Rod Carlton Enrica Schaefer Philipp Baschenhof +3 more... Show less The European Court of Justice (CJEU) handed down its judgment in Servier on 27 June 2024, agreeing with Advocate General Juliane Kokott’s...
6/4/2024 10:29:39 AM A new regime for a new era: How the EU Product Liability Directive will reshape product liability in Germany By Moritz Becker Patrick Schroeder Martin Mekat Kristina Weiler Anita Bell Hannah Meyer +3 more... Show less Introduction Following years of intense debate among EU institutions, the final compromise text of the new EU Product Liability...