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Congressional Investigations: A Review of Investigations Likely to Continue in 2024 and into the 119th Congress

This is the sixth in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Overview of Recent Anti-Corruption Enforcement Actions in the Pharmaceutical Industry in China

On May 8, 2023, the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”), along with 13 other government departments of the PRC, issued the “Key Highlights for Combating Corruption in the Medicine Purchase...more

Morgan Lewis

How China’s Detailed Human Genetic Resources Rules May Impact Multinational Life Science Companies

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China’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) officially announced on June 1, 2023 the release of the “Detailed Implementation Rules for the Management Regulations of Human Genetic Resources” (the Detailed HGR Rules)....more

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CNIPA’s Requirements on Supplementary Experimental Data and Inventiveness Evaluation of CN Patent Application in Biology and...

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On December 14, 2020, the China National Intellectual Property Administration released “Announcement about Amendments to the Guidelines for Patent Examination (Announcement No. 391)” on its website, showing that the amended...more

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Pharma Companies May Benefit from Proposed Patent Law Changes in China; Public Comment Invited

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On January 4, China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) released draft amendments to the Chinese Patent Law, proposing expanded and enhanced protections that may provide real benefits to companies that develop new drugs. ...more

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China Takes Significant Steps to Consolidate Generic Drug Industry and Lower Prices

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With the opportunity for global pharmaceutical companies to gain new access to the Chinese market presenting itself like never before, significant news broke on December 7, 2018, regarding a newly implemented pilot...more

The Volkov Law Group

Four Clear Messages from Bristol Meyers Squibb FCPA Enforcement Action

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The SEC’s FCPA enforcement action for $14.6 million against Bristol Meyers Squibb (“BMS”) in China provides a textbook example of how things can go wrong in China. For the compliance practitioner (as well as CEO and...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Bristol-Myers Squibb FCPA Enforcement Action

Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action against Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS) for the actions of the company’s joint venture (JV) in...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Lessons from GSK in China – Internal Controls, Auditing and Monitoring

One of the questions that GSK will have to face during the next few years of bribery and corruption investigations is how an allegedly massive bribery and corruption scheme occurred in its Chinese operations? The numbers went...more

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Legal and Ethical Risks of Healthcare Businesses in China

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Recent disputes and controversies involving Chinese subsidiaries of foreign pharmaceutical companies have sounded warning bells on legal and ethical issues regarding participation in China’s rapidly growing and evolving...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Avoid the Anti-Corruption “Blacklist:” Chinese Agency Guidance

On March 1, 2014, Circular No. 50, which the Chinese National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) recently promulgated to regulate the conduct of pharmaceutical and medical device companies that do business in...more

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China Introduces New Health Care Sector Anti-Corruption Regulations

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China Introduces New Health Care Sector Anti-Corruption Regulations As part of a concerted effort to tackle systemic commercial bribery in the country’s health care sector, China’s National Health and Family Planning...more

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