Deal Outlook for 2024 Includes GLP-1 Investments, APAC M&A, and More Spinoffs

Our lawyers share the top investment and regulatory trends from last month’s agenda-setting JP Morgan Health Care Conference. We expect an abundance of novel financing structures, investment focus on new disease states, and important new U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidance.

Forthcoming HHS Regulatory Actions and Opportunities Relevant for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers for the Rest of this Year and Next

Pharmaceutical manufacturers need to note some key forthcoming regulatory actions and opportunities which the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has recently published. Meena Datta and Catherine Starks give a bird’s eye view of the key points, the key dates and the stage which each new rule has reached.

China’s Generative AI Measures Could Affect Life Sciences Companies That Make Apps

Those medtech companies which embed AI into an app allowing healthcare professionals or patients to ask questions and to receive a response will probably need to comply with China’s new Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services (the “Measures”). Lianying Wang explains.

Europe’s Regulatory Approach to Continuous Learning AI

The regulation of continuous learning models involves the challenge of navigating the future. The EU is striving to stay ahead of the game with its forthcoming AI Act and harmonised standards. Eva von Mühlenen, Oliver Haase of Validate, and Leon Doorn of Aidance discuss.