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On the Pulse

Welcome to ‘On the Pulse’ delivered by the Global Life Sciences & Healthcare Sector Group

A video/podcast series, On the Pulse, brings together CMS lawyers and experts to discuss key industry topics impacting, innovating and disrupting the life sciences & healthcare sector. The series is hosted by Nick Beckett, Global Co-Head of CMS Life Sciences & Healthcare Sector Group.

Subscribe, download, watch and listen to the CMS ‘On the Pulse’ videos here and podcasts here.


Video

New! Episode #7 - Telemedicine

Nick Beckett discusses telemedicine with Maria González Gordon (CMS Spain), Reemt Matthiesen (CMS Germany) and Valentina Parvu (CMS Romania). In this episode, we discuss:

  • the significant growth and market opportunities that telemedicine and digital health apps present
  • how barriers to the take-up of telemedicine have been broken down during COVID-19
  • exceptional permitted uses of telemedicine in cases of emergency such as pandemics
  • fragmented regulation of telemedicine and digital health apps in different jurisdictions, with the advent of specific regulation in some jurisdictions
  • restrictions on the advertising of telemedicine and remote treatments
  • how patient data is protected and confidentiality preserved in use in telemedicine

You can also read more about telemedicine in our newest CMS Expert Guide to digital health apps and telemedicine.

Previous episodes


Podcast

New! Episode #7 - Telemedicine

Episode #6 - Collaboration Disrupted: New models and players in Life Sciences collaboration

Episode #5 - Product Liability & Medical Malpractice

Episode #4 – Digital Health – Part 2

Episode #3 - Digital Health – Part 1

Episode #2 - Advertising of medicines and medical devices

Episode #1 – A legal roadmap for Cannabis