Manufacturers, Pharmaceutical Industry, 3D Printing

COVID-19: Will 3-D Printing Medical Supplies and Protective Products Expose You to Liability?

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 4/9/2020

Recently, my colleagues Colin Kelly, Caroline Gieser, Michael Polatsek, and I thought about the role that additive manufacturing (3D-printing) is playing in today’s brave new world....more

COVID-19 and emergency inventions

Hogan Lovells on 4/3/2020

As the spread of COVID-19 accelerates across the globe, everyone wants to find a way to tackle the pandemic, from Governments asking manufacturers to urgently make vital equipment to inventors creating innovative solutions. ...more

FDA finalizes 3D printing guidance

Hogan Lovells on 12/21/2017

On December 5, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) finalized its “leapfrog guidance” entitled, “Technical Considerations for Additive Manufactured Devices”. ...more

FDA Provides Guidance on 3D-Printed Medical Device Products

Knobbe Martens on 12/12/2017

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released finalized guidance regarding 3D printing in medical devices. The guidance document, which issued on December 5, 2017, is based on the FDA’s review of more than 100 devices...more

The Promise And Pitfalls Of 3D Printing

Foley & Lardner LLP on 8/1/2016

3D printing offers great promise for innovation and manufacturing, but this tool has expanded the scope of patented products that can be easily and cheaply copied, and may make it harder to identify and prosecute infringers....more

Benesch’s 2nd Annual 3D Printing Seminar (A Summary Repeat)

Benesch on 5/3/2016

Several hundred business leaders, engineers, attorneys and academics gathered last week for an annual symposium on 3D Printing hosted by Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff. The ability to form physical objects from...more