Lifesciences and Healthcare

We have unmatched, longstanding experience in managing major pharmaceutical and healthcare projects of key players on the Russian market.

Our team includes lawyers from corporate, regulatory and legal practices, including intellectual property and antitrust experts, which allows us to offer clients a wide range of services and to provide comprehensive support for their projects in the pharmaceutical industry.

We give advice on various aspects of the pharmaceutical business, including licensing, clinical trials, registration, production, labelling, quality control and distribution of drugs and medical devices, as well as the participation of pharmaceutical companies in state procurement. Additionally, we have experience in providing the following services to our clients:

• legal due diligence of pharmaceutical companies over their compliance with the regulatory requirements on their operations
• full legal support for corporate reorganisations of pharmaceutical companies, including the redistribution of drug portfolios among the companies to be reorganised
• transaction support during the acquisition and sale of drug portfolios
• support for projects related to the issue of drug manufacturing licences
• support for collaboration between drug manufacturers as part of the performance of work under contracting agreements
• transaction support during the acquisition and sale of pharmaceutical companies and for projects to create joint ventures between market participants
• advising on the issues involved in the distribution and advertising of pharmaceuticals and medical products, including the vetting of potential counterparties, contracts with distributors and bonus policies
• advising on the protection of intellectual property during technology transfers