Life Sciences & Healthcare Lawyers

We work with and have established long-term relationships with the top 100 Life Sciences & Healthcare companies in the areas of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biotechnology, agriculture and food, including the top 20 global pharmaceutical companies and nine out of the top ten global medical device companies.  Our Life Sciences & Healthcare teams in Central and Eastern Europe advise leading global business groups in the sector on transactions, commercial agreements, compliance, investigations and litigation, very often across multiple jurisdictions in the region and beyond. We can help you to navigate the regulatory landscape and to ensure compliance with both local laws and global policies.

With over 150 international specialist lawyers across CMS and the support of the Life Sciences & Healthcare Asia-Pacific Network (LAN), we understand the scientific and commercial as well as the legal imperatives affecting your Life Sciences & Healthcare business. Our experts, many of whom have worked in-house in your sector, have developed a shared capability in the areas of pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices and diagnostics. With active memberships in major industry associations such as the ABPI, ABHI, BIVDA, PAGB, EUCOMED and EFPIA, we help shape the legal frameworks impacting the Life Sciences & Healthcare sector. We regularly advise our clients on their day-to-day operational needs, providing support with advertisement and promotion of medicines, public sector procurement, pricing and reimbursement, patent enforcement and commercial and clinical trial agreements, as well as regulatory advice.