Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados, Life Sciences

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Provided by Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados

The firm’s team of highly specialised lawyers has an in-depth knowledge of issues that are subject to rules and regulation and is familiar with the workings and relations between the regulatory authorities - INFARMED (Autoridade Nacional do Medicamento e Produtos de Saúde - National Authority for Medicines and Health Products), Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (National Institute for Industrial Property), Autoridade da Concorrência (Competition Authority) and Direcção-Geral das Actividades Económicas (Directorate-General for Economic Activities) -, as well as the associations of the pharmaceutical sector - Apifarma (pharmaceutical industry) and ANF (pharmacies).

Within the pharmaceutical industry, we provide advice to several leading companies operating at a global level, and our team of lawyers is specialised in the field of regulatory, competition, industrial property and pharmaceutical laws. Our team has solid experience in the areas of marketing authorisations of medicinal products, clinical tests, wholesale distribution, price fixing, co-participation, discounts and commercial policies, advertising, the producer’s civil liability and pharmaceutical patents law.

Chambers Review

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Life Sciences - Portugal

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados has a notable team with significant experience advising on life sciences regulatory matters such as the supply of medicines and the distribution of medical devices. The team also assists with the authorisation of medical cannabis products. It offers further activity in tackling IP mandates such as patent litigation, infringement and licensing involving drug development and distribution. It is often retained by well known clients active in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.

Notable practitioners

Fernanda Matoso is a key contact for the department.

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Strengths

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We choose Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados for its quality, availability and ability to adjust to the complexity and dimension of the problem at hand.

Life Sciences respondent
Europe

We choose Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados for its quality, availability and ability to adjust to the complexity and dimension of the problem at hand.

Life Sciences respondent
Europe