Life Sciences
Salans' Global Life Sciences Group is recognised as one of the leading international Life Sciences Practices.
As in previous years, Chambers Europe, The Legal 500, PLC and other recognised publications have ranked Salans’ Life Sciences team among the best in France and Poland in 2011.
Lawyers in the Group are skilled in all areas including regulatory, product liability, litigation, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, competition, and intellectual property.
Our Approach
The Group’s comprehensive legal services are complemented by close collaboration with other professionals - within and outside the firm - such as patent and trademark lawyers, research institutes, leaders in scientific opinion, pharma-economic experts and management advisers, in order to provide our clients with an all-round, commercially-focused service.
Our Clients
Salans’ Global Life Sciences Group advises clients active in diverse areas, such as pharmaceuticals and veterinary drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, and “border” products such as nutraceuticals, food supplements and food products. Our clients in this sector span private companies, research centres and foundations, healthcare establishments, and healthcare service providers.
Industry Affiliations
Salans’ Life Sciences lawyers are recognised as leaders in their jurisdictions and deal regularly with all relevant bodies, including the relevant public regulators, associations of healthcare professionals, and industry associations.
Life Sciences Legal Services
Our expertise in Life Sciences covers advisory, transactional and regulatory work, as well as litigation. We regularly provide our clients with:
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Access to our integrated network of lawyers conversant with the principles and practical applications of the various areas of law in the healthcare sector, such as laws on the placing on the market and use of healthcare products, mergers / acquisitions and joint ventures, competition law, distribution law, personal liability, the disciplinary law of healthcare professionals, hospital law, healthcare contracts law and intellectual property law;
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Regular updates on the national and international legal issues specific to healthcare and unrivalled knowledge of their implications;
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Timely responses to urgent situations (such as management of product recalls at national or international level; provision of crisis management units to handle the risk of increased liability on the spot, investigations by the regulatory or competition authorities and, expedited court orders and injunctions);
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Organisation and management of internal compliance and competition audits, as well as assistance in dealing with investigations undertaken by national or EU competition authorities, governmental authorities and internal compliance teams; and,
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A command of the scientific and pharma-economic tools and data necessary to assist clients to understand complex healthcare issues and take appropriate actions.
What Others Say
“Demonstrating multiple skills in the sector, Salans boasts a superb life sciences group and a sterling reputation in the French market to match.”
“A well-recognised name on the market, Salans' Warsaw office is commended for its solid performance in the life sciences sector.”
Chambers Europe