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The combination of rapid technological innovation and disruption of traditional models of care has accelerated the integration of MedTech offerings in healthcare

Our global MedTech practice is a core component of the firm’s life sciences group. Our team combines the world’s leading M&A, capital markets and antitrust attorneys with deep life sciences, technology and MedTech expertise. Through a cross-disciplinary approach, we advise our MedTech clients, including life sciences businesses, technology firms, healthcare companies and providers, and investors, on their most critical and complex M&A, joint venture, licence, collaboration, capital markets and other strategic transactions. Our MedTech expertise spans medical devices (including SaMD) as well as a range of digital health and health IT products, services and platforms.

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10 Key MedTech Themes for 2025
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Life sciences – what to watch in 2025
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Sep 25 2024
New era for European compulsory licensing on the horizon?
On 26 June 2024, just days before the end of the Belgian presidency, the Council of the EU adopted its position on a proposed regulation...
Jun 19 2024
UK MHRA sets out its strategy on AI and the regulation of medical products
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Jun 11 2024
UK Government’s MedTech strategy: One year on and new innovation classification framework
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Apr 18 2024
UK Government responds to Whitehead Review’s findings of systemic bias in UK medical devices
In March, the independent review into equity in medical devices chaired by Professor Dame Margaret Whitehead published its long-awaited...
Mar 21 2024
The first of its kind: exploring the European Health Data Space
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10 Key MedTech Themes for 2024
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