With a global network spanning 42 countries and more than 300 lawyers versed in general healthcare law, biotechnology, pharmaceutical products, and medical devices, Baker & McKenzie offers globally a nuanced understanding of the legal and commercial intricacies of this dynamic industry – one that few can match. Our clients also realize substantial efficiencies from our swift and skilled execution of transactions and projects. We are able to assist healthcare companies across the full range of legal disciplines on order to establish and operate their businesses in full compliance with the applicable legal regime, at both national and multinational levels.
During its life-cycle, a healthcare company faces different legal issues arising under different areas of law. The diagram below shows the legal questions and the legal areas for which our office in Kyiv may be helpful to healthcare companies.
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Choose funding
options and business
structure require
corporate law
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Regulatory procedure
certifications and
approvals require
regulatory, tax,
dispute resolution
law knowledge
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IP Protection & Enforcement
require IP law
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R&D Agreements,
Clinical Trial and
Investigator Agreements
require IP, Competition
and Commercial
law knowledge
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Product liability requires
regulatory and dispute
resolution law
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In addition to all of the above mentioned activities, we participate in the work of the Healthcare Committees of the European Business Association in Ukraine and of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine. We also cooperate with the Association of Pharmaceutical Researchers and Distributors of Ukraine (“APRAD”).