Legal Insights 02/12/2021 The Evolution (Supplements) of TGA penalties Largest ever fine for unlawfully advertising products containing therapeutic substances
Legal Insights 02/12/2021 Permissions for therapeutic good ‘restricted representations’ concerning COVID-19 Summary of the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s permissions for the advertising of therapeutic goods for COVID-19
Legal Insights 02/12/2021 The COVID-19 vaccination information life cycle We consider the privacy implications surrounding collection and use of COVID-19 vaccination status information
Legal Insights 02/12/2021 Provider governance – Recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety and changes to aged care laws We outline proposed good governance reforms to the Aged Care Act 1997 and the Aged Care Quality and Safety Act 2018
Legal Insights 02/12/2021 Observations about the mandatory COVID-19 vaccination requirements in aged care We provide an update on the mandatory COVID-19 vaccination frameworks in residential aged care
Legal Insights 02/12/2021 New strategic agreement with the Generic and Biosimilars Medicines Association We discuss the Australian Government’s new strategic agreement with Medicines Australia
Legal Insights 02/12/2021 About face on appeal in PROTOX v BOTOX dispute? We consider the Full Federal Court’s decision in Allergan v Self Care on the deceptive similarity of PROTOX to BOTOX.
Legal Insights 02/12/2021 Patentability detected in diagnostic methods We review the Full Federal Court’s decision in Ariosa v Sequenom for the patentability of diagnostic testing methods
Legal Insights 02/12/2021 Thaler and DABUS – Opening the doors for AI inventors We consider the Federal Court’s decision in Thaler v Commissioner of Patents that AI can be the inventor of a paten
Legal Insights 02/12/2021 The pandemic isn’t over, but the emergency exemptions are – An update on PPE regulation We provide an update on personal protective equipment regulation through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Legal Insights 02/12/2021 New strategic agreement with Medicines Australia We discuss the Australian Government’s new strategic agreement with Medicines Australia
Legal Insights 02/12/2021 Patent term extensions – Which product? We compare two recent decisions of the Federal Court on the relevant goods when applying for a patent term extension
Legal Insights 02/12/2021 A step forward for design law in Australia We outline the recent reforms to design law in Australia
Legal Insights 02/12/2021 Changes to TGA regulation of personal medical devices We review the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s new framework for regulating custom-made medical devices
Media Releases 25/11/2021 Winner of William Ah Ket Scholarship 2021 announced Sydney-based lawyer Sarah Webster is the winner of the 2021 William Ah Ket Scholarship.
Legal Insights 25/11/2021 The importance of maintaining up-to-date and accurate registers of delegations Reminder of the need to maintain up-to-date and accurate registers of delegation.
Legal Insights 24/11/2021 Critical Infrastructure Reforms – phase one enacted A progress update on the security of critical infrastructure reforms
Legal Insights 24/11/2021 New land tax concessions for Victorian build-to-rent developers The Victorian Government recently released the Windfall Gains Tax and State Taxation and Other Acts Further Amendment...
Legal Insights 23/11/2021 Lessons in Google advertising: Court confirms Employsure’s ads were misleading Appropriate use of Google and other search engine advertising and the risk if advertising is likely to mislead consumers
Legal Insights 19/11/2021 Ampol service station rebranding strategy runs out of gas NSW Supreme Court proceedings brought against Ampol by one of its significant, multi-site operators, EG FuelCo.
