Hosted by Nick Beckett, Global Co-Head of the CMS Life Science & Healthcare Sector Group, our episodes bring together CMS lawyers and experts to discuss key industry topics impacting, innovating and disrupting the life sciences and healthcare sector.

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Hosted by Nick Beckett, Global Co-Head of the CMS Life Science & Healthcare Sector Group, our episodes bring together CMS lawyers and experts to discuss key industry topics impacting, innovating and disrupting the life sciences and healthcare sector.
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4/22/2020
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November 22, 2021
CMS On the Pulse Episode #10
Nick Beckett talks with Lifesciences Asia-Pacific Network (LAN) members, Alan Adcock of Tilleke & Gibbins in Thailand, Chie Kasahara of Atsumi & Sakai in Japan and Ki Young Kim of Yulchon LLC in Korea. In this episode, we discuss: a fragmented situation in APAC in terms of government policy and support for digital health initiatives a lack of a clear definition of “digital health” in most jurisdictions, and a mixed regulatory environment, with a need to update the laws in many jurisdictions how to deal with privacy concerns with the use of personal data with digital health technologies how to protect the intellectual property associated with digital health innovation developments in telemedicine in the APAC region and support for remote care and online consultations

June 4, 2021
CMS On the Pulse episode #9: A focus on compulsory licensing for pharmaceutical companies
Nick Beckett talks with Jonathan Chu (CMS Hong Kong), Sheena Jacob (CMS Singapore) and Thomas Hirse (CMS Germany).In this episode, we discuss: the rationale for compulsory licences and the requirements for granting the same the rights of patent owners faced with the threat of compulsory licences any requirement for patent owners to also provide know-how and technical support under a compulsory licence limitations on exploitation under compulsory licences, including labelling requirements and distribution channel restrictions the use of compulsory licences to deal with the supply of medical necessities during COVID-19 the debate regarding the need for COVID-19 vaccine patent waivers

March 22, 2021
CMS On the Pulse episode #8: A legal overview on public procurement for the Life Sciences & Healthcare sector
Nick Beckett speaks with Virginie Dor (CMS Belgium), Bernt Elsner (CMS Austria) and Caroline Hobson (CMS UK). In this episode, we discuss: the importance of public procurement in the Healthcare sector, representing approximately 10% of GDP in the E.U. the challenges for public procurement in extreme and unforeseen emergencies, including COVID-19 the scrutiny of direct awards and potential legal challenges and sanctions the joint centralised procurement of vaccines in short timeframes and the benefits and pitfalls of such approach in what circumstances exclusivity, including due to IP rights or technical barriers, can justify derogation from public procurement procedures what changes do U.K. companies face in public procurement procedures in the E.U., and vice versa, in light of Brexit
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