Legal Digest: Patent Disputes in Life Sciences (June 2025)
Amendments to the Procedure for the State Register Medicines Maintaining: What Has Changed?
On 6 May 2025, the updated version of the Order of the Ministry of Health dated 9 February 2016 No. 80n “On the Approval of the Procedure for Maintaining the State Register of Medicines for Medical Use” (the “Order”) came into force. The amendments were made in accordance with Order of the Russian Ministry of Health dated 17 March 2025 No. 129n, officially published on 25 April 2025.
The EEC is Going to Extend Special Rules for Circulation of Medicines Till the End of 2027
The Eurasian Economic Union has published on its official legal website the Order No. 34 dated 08.04.2025 approving the draft decision on the extension of temporary measures related to specifics of medicines circulation in connection with special economic measures (“Draft Decision”).
Lidings – Strategic Partner of the Conference on Legal Issues in Pharmaceutical Industry
April 10th, 2025 annual conference Pharmaceuticals – 2025: Legal Issues will take place in Moscow organized by Pravo.ru. Lidings lawyers take an active part in the event’s program.
As a strategic partner of the conference, we aimed to make the program rich and actual. Together with pharmaceutical industry experts and lawyers, we will discuss how the market has changed in 2024 and what awaits us in 2025.
Lidings: New Wave!
We are pleased to announce the appointment of two new partners and counsel!
The Ministry of Health Proposes to Update the Procedure for Establishing and Functioning of Medical Panels
A draft 02/08/02-25/00154538, which is intended to update a procedure for the establishing and functioning of a medical panel in healthcare organisations (“Draft”), has been placed on the Federal Portal of Draft Regulatory Legal Acts.
New Procedures for Conducting Clinical Trials Have Taken Effect
On 4 February 2025, the official portal of legal information were posted:
- Order of the Ministry of Health No. 708n of 23 December 2024 “On Approval of the Procedure for Maintaining the Register of Issued Permits to Conduct Clinical Trials of Pharmaceuticals” (“Order No. 708n”) - the document replaces Order of the Ministry of Health No. 754n dated 26 August 2010;
- Order of the Ministry of Health No. 706n dated 20 December 2024 establishing the procedure for the Ministry of Health to publish on its website a list of medical organisations conducting clinical trials (“Order No. 706n”) - the document replaces Order of the Ministry of Health No. 752n dated 26 August 2010.
Both documents entered into force on 15 February 2025 and aim to harmonise with the provisions of the EAEU regulations, as well as to simplify the system of information resources maintenance by the Ministry of Health by abolishing the “paper” document flow.
A Bill Eliminating the Criminal Liability of Healthcare Professionals for Improper Medical Services Rendering Is Endorsed
On 19 December 2024, the competent committees of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation approved Bill No. 670471-8 "On Amending the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (in terms of clarifying liability for certain crimes against minors and against public health)" (hereinafter - the “Bill”).
Legal Digest: Patent Disputes in Life Sciences (December 2024)
The new review of the most notable patents disputes in Life Sciences in Russian and the CIS.