Portolano Cavallo Life Sciences Blog

11 Jun 20

Venture Capital watch: how COVID-19 is affecting and will affect VC transactions with a specific focus on the life sciences and healthcare sectors

The COVID-19 outbreak has already affected VC transactions all over the world, and it will continue to do so during the coming months.

COVID-19, Investments, Startup and Venture Capital, Venture Capital Watch

7 Feb 20

Venture capital watch: an overview of 2019 investments

We recently attended the country-focused seminar Healthcare: Italy on the Move 2020 during the weeklong J.P. Morgan Annual Healthcare Conference in San Francisco.

Corporate, Investments, Pharma, Startup and Venture Capital, Venture Capital Watch

Welcome to the Portolano Cavallo Life Sciences blog focusing on legal development and key legal issues affecting the Life Sciences-Healthcare industry.

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Our highly-ranked team of professionals will provide news, insights and multidisciplinary commentary on the hottest and most recent regulatory, transactional and contentious aspects of the pharmaceutical, bio-tech, med-tech, food supplement and healthcare world with an eye on its digital transformation and technological developments.

This blog will be a place for focusing on digital health, telemedicine and artificial intelligence, as well as more traditional topics: from the protection of intellectual properties to performance of clinical trials, from the market access to advertising and competition issues, from internal and criminal investigations to M&A and Venture Capital transactions.

Flash News

October 6, 2023

CBD products: the Administrative Court suspended until October 24 the recent Decree of the Italian Ministry of Health listing cannabidiol for oral use among narcotic drugs, due to the lack o...

October 4, 2023

The Guidelines for regulating contractual relations between universities and research institutes and private sponsors were adopted by the relevant Italian Ministries following the amendment ...

September 21, 2023

CBS products: from September 20th, compositions for oral administration of cannabidiol obtained from Cannabis sativa extracts shall be considered as narcotic drugs in Italy, as they have bee...

July 27, 2023

Payback on medical devices: Italian government announces extension of payment deadline to October 30, 2023

July 21, 2023

On July 21, 2023, the Italian Ministry of Health published new guidelines on health advertising of self-medication drugs (OTC) and non-prescription drugs (SOP), including advertising on new ...

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