German and international pharmaceutical companies have been clients of ours for two decades. We are very frequently asked to lend legal support to the marketing strategies for our clients’ preparations, ensure legal security during a market launch or attack the marketing strategies of their competitors. We are more than familiar with the necessary tools such as warning letters, caveats, preliminary injunctions, and suits in the main action.

We are as well versed in the handling of complex issues involving a Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) as in the classification and legal usability of scientific studies according to the rules of evidence-based medicine, the methods of early benefit assessment, and the content and limits of added value in advertising. We also provide legal advice to pharmaceutical and biotech companies when it comes to the preparation and execution of clinical trials.

We advise our clients during technology transfer proceedings such as in- or out-licensing processes or during the transfer of know-how and property right portfolios.

• Legal evaluation of marketing strategies and planned advertising measures
• Applying for preliminary injunctions and handling lawsuits in the main action
• Assisting with disputes involving drug advertising laws (in and out of court)
• Tracking the counterfeiting of medicines, also via preliminary injunction
• Pursuing claims for injunctive relief, information, and damages against the counterfeiters
• Tracking the unlawful parallel distribution and importation of medical products
• Website design taking into account aspects of drug advertising laws and civil law proceedings
• Drafting and negotiating contracts to conduct clinical trials, engaging investigators, manufacturing agreements for trial preparations and pharmaceutical products
• Advising clients during the transfer of licences
• Advising clients during technology transfer proceedings, in particular during in- or out-licensing processes and the transfer of IP portfolios