The EU AI Act’s Machinery Exemption: Does It Extend to Surgical Robotics?
The EU’s latest AI reforms are intended to reduce regulatory duplication for products already subject to extensive sector-specific regulation. For manufacturers of surgical robotics, however, they leave unresolved how AI embedded within increasingly sophisticated surgical systems will be regulated in practice.
Risks and Benefits of Generative AI for Pharma Supply Chain Management
As the life sciences sector grapples with complex challenges around sustainability and Environmental and Social Governance (ESG) compliance, Generative AI (GenAI) is emerging as a potentially powerful tool for enhancing efficiency and sustainability. Michele Tagliaferri, Eva von Mühlenen, and Anna-Shari Melin explain. (more…)
Beyond Technology: Embracing Blockchain for a Paradigm Shift in Life Sciences
Blockchain is not only the preserve of the fintech industry, but may have multiple uses for life sciences companies, including providing a consent structure for clinical trials to give enhanced patients more control over their own data. Sidley’s Eva von Mühlenen and Daniel Fritz, executive director of the PharmaLedger Association, explain.
