The latest edition of the Practical Law Life Sciences Global Guide was recently published, with content for Vietnam contributed by practitioners from Tilleke & Gibbins’ Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City offices. The guide provides a comparative overview, in Q&A format, of laws and regulations on pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and other life sciences products in dozens of jurisdictions around the world.

The 2018 edition is divided into two sections: Pharmaceutical IP and Competition Law (see more details here) and Medicinal Product Regulation and Product Liability, which covers the following topics:

• Pharmaceutical legislation and regulatory framework
• Regulations for medical devices and diagnostics
• Pricing, state funding, and reimbursement
• Regulations on clinical trials
• Authorization processes for manufacturing and marketing medicinal products
• Restrictions on sales and advertising of medicinal products
• Data protection
• Packaging and labeling
• Product liability
• Proposals for reform

To read the full Medicinal Product Regulation and Product Liability section, please click on the download link below.

Tilleke & Gibbins also provided the Thailand and Myanmar chapters of the Life Sciences Global Guide.

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