Our “Startups and Sustainability” interview series continues with a third guest. For this episode, we had the pleasure of interviewing Benedetto Ruggeri, co-founder and CEO of MUGO. The company’s goal? To create the first climate-neutral generation.

Urban Air Mobility (“UAM”) references the expansion of urban mobility into the air using drones, human-operated and self-driving air-taxis, and other types of aircraft as a means of low-altitude air transport for short distances in urban environments.

La Circolare G1.2022.0007474 o «Documento regionale su allestimento di confezionamenti personalizzati per migliorare l’aderenza terapeutica dei pazienti», emanato il 3 febbraio scorso dalla Regione Lombardia, pone la pietra miliare per l’attività di deblistering in Italia, che potrebbe presto diventare un servizio abituale delle farmacie italiane così come lo è già nelle farmacie di diversi altri Paesi nel mondo.

Portolano Cavallo, which five years ago was the first Italian law firm to integrate the use of Luminance into its legal practice, continues to innovate and has now adopted the entire suite of Luminance products. This will allow the firm to make the most of its high-tech potential, particularly when it comes to drafting and negotiating contracts.

EU Regulation 2016/161, which since February 2019 requires the presence of anti-fraud seals on the packaging of medicines for human use, authorizes parallel importers to repackage only in the case of failure to ensure a tamper-prevention system “equivalent” to that used in the original packaging, established under the umbrella of the European Union Intellectual Property Office.

On February 16, 2022, more than two years later than planned, the Ministerial Decree of November 30, 2021, containing measures to facilitate and support the development of nonprofit clinical trials of medicinal products and observational studies, as well as to regulate the transfer of data and results of nonprofit trials for registration purposes, was finally published in the Official Gazette.

On November 12, the European Commission fined automotive manufacturers—namely Daimler, BMW, and the Volkswagen Group — for a total amount of EUR 875,189,000 for breach of Article 101(1) of the Treaty of Functioning of the European Union and Article 53(1) of the European Economic Area Agreement.

At this pivotal moment when sustainability is more of a focus than ever (as confirmed by the publication of the draft Directive of the European Commission on corporate sustainability due diligence), we are pleased to offer the next installment in our “Startups and Sustainability” interview series. We interviewed the team behind the all-female startup Fili Pari, which since 2020 has been transforming marble dust into ready-to-wear fashion. Co-founders Alice Zantedeschi and Francesca Pievani talked to us about their project and their ideas about sustainability.

Portolano Cavallo is growing its intellectual and industrial property practice group and strengthening its focus on Life Sciences by welcoming Maria Balestriero as of counsel

La “European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association” si è recentemente espressa, con un position paper, sulla Proposta di Regolamento sulle Infrastrutture per i Combustibili Alternativi, mirante a garantire la disponibilità e la fruibilità di una rete capillare e fitta di infrastrutture per carburanti alternativi in tutta l’Unione Europea.