The Prescription - December 2021

In this edition

• Legal Insights

  We consider the privacy implications surrounding collection and use of COVID-19 vaccination status information.

• Legal Insights

  We review the Full Federal Court’s decision in Ariosa v Sequenom regarding the patentability of diagnostic testing methods.

• Legal Insights

  We compare two recent decisions of the Federal Court regarding the relevant goods when applying for a patent term extension.

• Legal Insights

  We consider the Federal Court’s decision in Thaler v Commissioner of Patents that artificial intelligence can be the inventor of a patent.

• Legal Insights

  We provide an update on the mandatory COVID-19 vaccination frameworks in residential aged care.

• Legal Insights

  We outline proposed good governance reforms to the Aged Care Act 1997 and the Aged Care Quality and Safety Act 2018 following the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.

• Legal Insights

  We review the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s new framework for regulating custom-made medical devices.

• Legal Insights

  We provide a summary of the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s permissions for the advertising of therapeutic goods for COVID-19.

• Legal Insights

  We provide an update on personal protective equipment regulation through the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Legal Insights

  We review the Federal Court’s decision to impose the largest ever fine for unlawfully advertising products containing therapeutic substances.

• Legal Insights

  We consider the Full Federal Court’s decision in Allergan v Self Care regarding the deceptive similarity of PROTOX to BOTOX.

• Legal Insights

  We outline the recent reforms to design law in Australia.

• Legal Insights

  We discuss the Australian Government’s new strategic agreement with Medicines Australia.

• Legal Insights

  We discuss the Australian Government’s new strategic agreement with the Generic and Biosimilars Medicines Association.