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Ya disponible el Nº 104 de la revista Comunicaciones

Ya podéis acceder a los interesantes contenidos del número 104 de la revista Comunicaciones.En este primer número de la revista COMUNICACIONES de este año tenemos cambios en el Consejo de Redacción de la revista. Rais Amils Arnal mantiene su puesto

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8 May 2025

💊 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗢

El próximo 𝟮𝟮 𝗱𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗼 𝗱𝗲 𝟭𝟬:𝟬𝟬-𝟭𝟮:𝟬𝟬𝗵. celebraremos un 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 que pretende ser una 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗼́𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗮 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼 actualmente en proceso de revisión y de la normativa más general con impacto en el ámbito del medicamento. Analizaremos

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22 April 2025

Ya disponible el Nº 92 de nuestra revista Cuadernos

Revista Cuadernos nº 92 con contenidos de gran actualidad para el sector farmacéutico, disponible para compra y descarga. ¡No os perdáis los contenidos de la Revista Cuadernos nº 92 This post is also available in: Spanish

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9 April 2025

Save the Date Curso Derecho Farmacéutico CEFI

La Fundación CEFI celebra su Curso de Derecho Farmacéutico los próximos días 22 y 23 de octubre. Este año además coincide con la 20ª edición y nos gustaría que nos acompañaras. ¡Resérvate las fechas! This post is also available in: Spanish

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5 March 2025

11 años de transparencia en España e impacto en el medicamento. Qué se ha hecho bien y qué debe cambiar

Podéis descargar el número monográfico de nuestra revista Cuadernos de Derecho Farmacéutico en este enlace: ▶︎ https://cefi.es/transparencia Es el resultado de seis años de trabajo del Observatorio de Transparencia de CEFI.Refleja muy bien el debate actual entre transparencia y confidencialidad

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31 January 2025

Ya disponible el Nº 103 de la revista Comunicaciones

Ya podéis acceder a los interesantes contenidos del número 103 de la revista Comunicaciones. Gracias a los colaboradores por sus magníficas aportaciones. This post is also available in: Spanish

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17 January 2025

Ya disponible el Nº 91 de nuestra revista Cuadernos

Revista Cuadernos nº 91 con contenidos de gran actualidad para el sector farmacéutico, disponible para compra y descarga. ¡No os perdáis los contenidos de la Revista Cuadernos nº 91 This post is also available in: Spanish

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9 January 2025

Ya disponible el Nº 90 de nuestra revista Cuadernos

Revista Cuadernos nº 90 con contenidos de gran actualidad para el sector farmacéutico, disponible para compra y descarga. ¡No os perdáis los contenidos de la Revista Cuadernos nº 90 This post is also available in: Spanish

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7 October 2024

Nº 102 de la revista Comunicaciones

Ya podéis acceder a los interesantes contenidos del número 102 de la revista Comunicaciones. Gracias a los colaboradores por sus magníficas aportaciones. This post is also available in: Spanish

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3 September 2024

Issue 89 of the Cuadernos de Derecho Farmacéutico (Pharmaceutical Law Review) journal

Don’t miss out on this issue of Cuadernos de Derecho Farmacéutico, which examines the following: The current regulatory framework for advertising medical products, the changes brought about by the new Royal Decree on the advertising of medical products and the

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11 July 2024

Pharmaceutical Law Course videos

We are pleased to share videos of each of the round tables at the 19th edition of the Pharmaceutical Law Course, held on 5 and 6 March 2024 This post is also available in: Spanish

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21 June 2024

INCENTIVES FOR HEALTH INNOVATION AS A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE FOR THE EU

INCENTIVES FOR HEALTH INNOVATION AS A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE FOR THE EU We would like to count on your participation in the debate on INCENTIVES FOR HEALTH INNOVATION AS A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE FOR THE EU, which will take place on 17 June 2024

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29 May 2024

Nº 101 de la revista Comunicaciones

Ya podéis accedes a los interesantes contenidos del número 101 de la revista Comunicaciones. Gracias a los colaboradores por sus magníficas aportaciones. This post is also available in: Spanish

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24 May 2024

LOS INCENTIVOS A LA INNOVACIÓN EN SALUD COMO VENTAJA COMPETITIVA DE LA UE

Nos gustaría contar contigo para participar en el debate sobre LOS INCENTIVOS A LA INNOVACIÓN EN SALUD COMO VENTAJA COMPETITIVA DE LA UE, que tendrá lugar el próximo 17 de junio de 2024 en Madrid. En él analizaremos el marco actual de

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23 May 2024

WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DAY. THE IMPORTANCE OF INNOVATION. THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING IT

To mark World Intellectual Property Day 2024, we would like to highlight the fundamental role of intellectual property in stimulating innovation and creativity. We share this video with three messages from representatives of the pharmaceutical industry regarding: 1. Spain’s leading position

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26 April 2024

Issue 88 of Cuadernos de Derecho Farmacéutico [Pharmaceutical Law Review]

Interesting content in the journal Cuadernos de Derecho Farmacéutico. Publication of a new version of the Government of Catalonia’s Guide on the advertising of medicinal products for human use. Montserrat Llopart Vidal and Damià Triay Gomila Liability regime for harm

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22 April 2024

100TH ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL COMUNICACIONES

This morning we held an event to commemorate the 100th issue of the journal Comunicaciones en Propiedad Industrial y Derecho de la Competencia (Communications on Intellectual Property and Competition Law). It was a special event, not only in terms of

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24 January 2024

Issue 87 of our journal Cuadernos now available

Issue 87 of the journal Cuadernos, with highly topical content for the pharmaceutical sector, is available for purchase and download. Don’t miss out on issue 87 of the Cuadernos journal! This post is also available in: Spanish

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11 January 2024

PHARMACEUTICAL LAW COURSE

This week, the registration period opened for the Pharmaceutical Law Course, which is set to feature highly topical subjects and excellent speakers. Don’t miss this opportunity to take part in the debate on the most salient pharmaceutical issues. https://cefi.es/categoria-producto/cursos-y-seminarios/cursos/cursos-de-derecho-farmaceutico/ This

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19 December 2023

PATENTS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY IN THE HEALTH SECTOR. UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE SEMINAR

The Department of Commercial Law and Procedural Law at the University of Alicante’s Law Faculty is organising an interesting seminar on patent law and biotechnology on 21 November, with collaboration from the Magister Lvcentinvs Master’s Course in Intellectual Property and

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16 November 2023

Issue 86 of our journal Cuadernos now available

Issue 86 of the journal Cuadernos, with highly topical content for the pharmaceutical sector, is available for purchase and download. Don’t miss out on issue 86 of the Cuadernos journal! This post is also available in: Spanish

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5 October 2023

Issue 99 of our journal Comunicaciones now available

Issue 99 of the journal Comunicaciones, with highly topical content for the pharmaceutical sector, is available for purchase and download. Don’t miss out on issue 99 of the Comunicaciones journal! This post is also available in: Spanish

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4 September 2023

Issue 85 of our journal Cuadernos now available

Issue 85 of the journal Cuadernos, with highly topical content for the pharmaceutical sector, is available for purchase and download. Don’t miss out on issue 85 of the Cuadernos journal! This post is also available in: Spanish

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12 July 2023

Issue 98 of our journal Comunicaciones now available

Issue 98 of the journal Comunicaciones, with highly topical content for the pharmaceutical sector, is available for purchase and download. Don’t miss out on issue 98 of the Comunicaciones journal! This post is also available in: Spanish

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8 May 2023

World Intellectual Property Day 2023. Women and IP: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity

World Intellectual Property Day 2023. Women and IP: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity 26 April is World Intellectual Property Day. This year WIPO’s theme is Women and Intellectual Property: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity. To mark this day, we would like to

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26 April 2023

New Design for the journal Cuadernos de Derecho Farmacéutico (Pharmaceutical Law Review)

The CEFI Foundation has just celebrated its 40th anniversary. During these years, it has grown considerably, as has our network of collaborators when it comes to the content and focus of the journals. To adapt to this change without compromising

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11 April 2023

Issue 84 of our journal Cuadernos now available

You can now access issue 84 of the journal Cuadernos de Derecho Farmacéutico (Pharmaceutical Law Review) on our website: https://cefi.es/tienda/publicaciones/revista-cuadernos/revista-cuadernos-no-84-enero-marzo-2023 Remember that you can also arrange an annual subscription: https://cefi.es/tienda/suscripciones/suscripcion-a-revistas/ This post is also available in: Spanish

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10 April 2023

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

Congratulations to the women who break social and economic barriers every day to achieve a more egalitarian society. And especially to the women linked to CEFI (board members, collaborators and staff) who, with a majority representation, have worked to defend

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8 March 2023

Proposals for innovation in accessing innovative medicinal products in the Spanish NHS

This week we presented the report ‘Proposals for innovation in accessing innovative medicinal products in the Spanish NHS’. This report is part of CEFI’s Access Observatory, which we have been working on for a year, in collaboration with six renowned

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2 February 2023

Issue 97 of our journal Comunicaciones now available

Issue 97 of the journal Comunicaciones, with highly topical content for the pharmaceutical sector, is available for purchase and download. Don’t miss out on issue 97 of the Comunicaciones journal! This post is also available in: Spanish

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19 December 2022

Issue 83 of our journal Cuadernos now available

You can now access issue 83 of the journal Cuadernos de Derecho Farmacéutico (Pharmaceutical Law Review) on our website: https://cefi.es/tienda/publicaciones/revista-cuadernos/revista-cuadernos-no-83-octubre-diciembre-2022/ Remember that you can also arrange an annual subscription: https://cefi.es/tienda/suscripciones/suscripcion-a-revistas/ This post is also available in: Spanish

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15 December 2022

Issue 82 of our journal Cuadernos now available

Issue 82 of the journal Cuadernos, with highly topical content for the pharmaceutical sector, is available for purchase and download. Don’t miss out on issue 82 of the Cuadernos journal! This post is also available in: Spanish

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5 October 2022

PHARMACEUTICAL LAW COURSE

BIOMEDICINE, MEDICINES AND PUBLIC HEALTH This post is also available in: Spanish

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9 September 2022

Issue 96 of our journal Comunicaciones now available

Issue 96 of the journal Comunicaciones, with highly topical content for the pharmaceutical sector, is available for purchase and download. Don’t miss out on issue 96 of the Comunicaciones journal! This post is also available in: Spanish

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5 September 2022

PHARMACEUTICAL LAW COURSE 2022

Save the dates! This year’s Pharmaceutical Law Course will be held on 27 and 28 September, with a prior online session on 26 September from 10am to 12pm. We will share details about the programme and begin the enrolment process

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29 July 2022

BIOMEDICINE. MEDICINAL PRODUCTS AND PUBLIC HEALTH. THE CEFI FOUNDATION’S PHARMACEUTICAL LAW COURSE

We are currently preparing the contents for the next Pharmaceutical Law Course, which will take place at the end of September. We will review the most relevant aspects and current issues related to medicinal products, analysing the research process, the

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13 July 2022

Limiting patent rights for COVID vaccines

This is bad news for the biomedical innovation sector and in terms of having a robust intellectual property system. We express our disagreement with the recent WTO decision, which weakens the current framework of intellectual property protection and we ask

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4 July 2022

Issue 81 of our journal Cuadernos now available

Issue 81 of the journal Cuadernos, with highly topical content for the pharmaceutical sector, is available for purchase and download. Don’t miss out on issue 81 of the Cuadernos journal! This post is also available in: Spanish

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29 June 2022

CEFI FOUNDATION TESTIMONIES

We would like to share this video we have made to mark our 40th Anniversary. It includes testimonies from CEFI’s friends and patrons on three questions: What is CEFI for you? What has enabled it to endure? What are your

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31 May 2022

40th Anniversary of CEFI

Fantástico ambiente de colaboración entre instituciones, colaboradores, patronos y amigos de CEFI. On 25 May we celebrated our 40th Anniversary in an event in the gardens of the Lázaro Galdiano Museum. It was a very intimate evening, a reunion of

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30 May 2022
Cefi 40 aniversario

CEFI 40th Anniversary Celebration

CEFI 40th Anniversary Celebration Last night CEFI celebrated its 40th anniversary at an event in the gardens of the Lázaro Galdiano Museum. The CEFI Foundation celebrated its 40th Anniversary last night in an event at the Lázaro Galdiano Museum attended

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26 May 2022

Special issue of our Cuadernos journal now available

Introduction The CEFI Foundation is celebrating its 40th anniversary (1982-2022) while we are still struggling to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has reminded us that, in the face of the greatest health challenges, effort and sacrifice (on the part

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26 May 2022

Issue 95 of our journal Comunicaciones now available

Issue 95 of the journal Comunicaciones, with highly topical content for the pharmaceutical sector, is available for purchase and download. Don’t miss out on issue 95 of the Comunicaciones journal! This post is also available in: Spanish

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10 May 2022

Marta Grande de Domingo. 
Takeda Farmacéutica España S.A

Summary of the research/innovation:   In the clinical field today, we need to know how different patients with multiple myeloma respond to treatment prescribed in clinical practice, as well as the real duration of that treatment and factors that affect

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26 April 2022

Iris Simón Sáez
GENyO-Pfizer Centre

Summary of the research/invention I work on prostate cancer research. Prostate cancer patients are often treated with androgen deprivation hormone therapies, but most eventually develop resistance to these treatments and progress poorly. In my research, I have generated cellular models

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26 April 2022

Santiago Cañellas Román
Janssen-Cilag Research Centre (Centro de Investigación Janssen-Cilag) Toledo

Summary of the research/invention: The research team patented a series of potent inhibitors of NLRP3 inflammasome formation, the dysregulation of which is associated with several inflammatory disorders with high unmet medical demand, such as Alzheimer’s disease and lung cancer. Novel

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26 April 2022

World Intellectual Property Day 2022
IP and Youth: Innovating for a Better Future

Today, 26 April, is World Intellectual Property Day. This year is dedicated to intellectual property and youth: innovating for a better future. At CEFI we want to give a voice to young researchers in the biopharmaceutical sector. We are therefore

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25 April 2022

Issue 80 of our journal Cuadernos now available

Issue 80 of the journal Cuadernos, with highly topical content for the pharmaceutical sector, is available for purchase and download. This post is also available in: Spanish

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31 March 2022

CEFI, 40 years working in defence of innovation and intellectual property

We at the CEFI Foundation are very proud to celebrate our 40th Anniversary this year. CEFI has been working in defence of innovation and intellectual property for 40 years, especially in the biomedical field. Thanks to the collaboration of leading

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10 March 2022

Issues 79 and 94 of our journals now available

Issue 79 of the journal Cuadernos, with highly topical content for the pharmaceutical sector, is available for purchase and download. Don’t miss out on issue 94 of the Comunicaciones journal!! This post is also available in: Spanish

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12 January 2022

ADVERTISING MEDICINAL PRODUCTS IN THE INTERIM PERIOD BETWEEN MARKETING AUTHORISATION AND THE DECISION ON PRICING AND PUBLIC FUNDING

This paper analyses the promotion of medicines for human use that have already received marketing authorization, when the advertising is made before the resolution on pricing and inclusion in the Spanish National Health Service. This is an issue addressed by

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16 November 2021

STRONG INTEREST IN OUR DISCUSSION ON OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES ON MEDICATIONS AND PATIENT SUPPORT PROGRAMMES

On 15 October we had an interesting discussion on Observational Studies on Medications and patient support programmes in the new regulations that aroused a lot of interest. More than 90 people participated in the session with strong participation in questions

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19 October 2021

PHARMACEUTICAL LAW PUBLICATION nº 78 Available for purchase and download

The promotion of medicines for human use that have already receive marketing authorization, before the resolution on pricing and the inclusión in the Nacional Health System. Angel García Vidal and Irene Fernández Puyol  Health Data 29 Playbook as a gvernance

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6 October 2021
CEFI derecho farmaceútico

Advertising of medicinal products before a financing decision by the National Health System

Superior Court of Justice of the Basque Country, Judicial Review Chamber, Judgment 246/2021 of 30 June resolved positively on a question widely debated in the sector: the possibility of advertising medicinal products that have been approved for sale but have

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29 September 2021

Observational studies of medicinal products and patient support programmes in the new regulation

CEFI is organising a seminar on observational studies of medicinal products and patient support programmes, which is set to take place on 15 October. As of 2 January 2021, observational studies of medicinal products for human use (‘OSM’) are to

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23 September 2021

nº93 COMMUNICATIONS ON INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY AND COMPETITION LAW

Available for download. The promotion of medicines for human use that have already receive marketing authorization, before the resolution on pricing and the inclusión in the Nacional Health System. Angel García Vidal and Irene Fernández Puyol  Health Data 29 Playbook

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2 September 2021
derecho farmaceútico

The National Court of Spain (Audiencia Nacional) paves the way for a final confirmation of the legality of free price policies

In a recent ruling dated 22 April 2021, the National Court has upheld the Spanish National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) decision of 19 January 2017, which declared that the pricing system established by the defendant company did not amount

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1 July 2021

PHARMACEUTICAL LAW PUBLICATION nº 77

Considerations on  the  pricing system for medicinal products. Lourdes Fraguas Gadea Abuse of dominant position consisting on predatory prices. Spanish Competition Authority Astrazeneca inhalers Decision. Alfonso Gutiérrez Hernández and Alberto Pérez Hernández Public supply of medicines. Doctrine generated by the

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30 June 2021

Council conclusions on intellectual property policy

It takes as its starting point, inter alia, the current situation as regards identifying intellectual property as a key asset for the EU, as a driver of innovation, competitiveness, economic growth and sustainable development. It highlights the contribution of intellectual

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29 June 2021

PHARMACEUTICAL LAW COURSE -25TH ANIVERSARY- CLOSING SESSION

Rosa Romero Sánchez, Presidenta de la Comisión de Sanidad del Congreso de los Diputados and Katia Piñol, Presidenta de CEFI highlight the importance of holding this debate. Pharmaceutical sector and medicinal innovation are constantly searching for health improvement. We need

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11 June 2021

BIOMEDICINE AND COMPETITION LAW

We cant think in a best way to end  our 25th Pharmaceutical Law Course Aniversary . Moisés Ramírez, Patrono de CEFI together with Sergio Sinovas, Subdirector de Industria y Energía de la Dirección de Competencia de la CNMC, Borja Martínez

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10 June 2021

DIGITAL, PROMOTION AND COMPLIANCE IN PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR

In this panel we are going to talk about promotion, digital aspects and compliance. As Speakers: Silvia Martínez, Patrono de CEFI, Jose Zamarriego Izquierdo, Director de la Unidad de la Supervisión Deontológica de Farmandustria, Alejandro González, Abogado de Hoyng Rokh

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9 June 2021

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT OF MEDICINES

Alberto Dorrego. Abogado socio de Eversheds Sutherland claim for a specific regulación on public procurement for innovative medicines and vaccines. He also highlight the importance of price and hospital offers confidentiality Carme Briera, Cousel de Clifford Chance enter into a

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8 June 2021

PRICE, FINANCING DECISION AND PATIENT ACCESS TO INNOVATIVE MEDICINES

Second week of the Pharmaceutical Law Course begin with one of the main issues for innovative medicines. Lead by Javier de Urquía Martí, member of CEFI Board we had as speakers: Jesús García Herrero, Jefe de la intervención de precios

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8 June 2021

Promotion of Research through IP protection

Three of the most recognized experts on IP farma in Spain Ángel García Vidal, profesor de Derecho Mercantil de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela y Consejero Académico de Gómez Acebo y Pombo, Kiko Carrión García de Parada, Abogado socio

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3 June 2021

DEBATE ON ADVANCED THERAPIES AND BIOLOGICAL MEDICINAL PRODUCTS

Jorge Muñoz, Member of CEFI Board lead the debate on advanced therapies an biological medicinal products. Sol Ruíz, Jefe de División de Productos Biológicos, Terapias Avanzadas y Biotecnología de la Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios and Jordi Faus,

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3 June 2021

Clinical Research and data protection debate

Interesting debate with Jesús Rubí, Adjunto a la Dirección de la Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, Amelia Martín Uranga, Responsable de la Plataforma de Medicamentos Innovadores de Farmaindustria and Lluis Alcover, Abogado de Faus y Moliner. Interestingf debate about main

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2 June 2021
Derecho farmaceútico

Fantastic first session

With  Javier Castrodeza, Ex Secretario General de Sanidad y Catedrático de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Lourdes Fraguas, Abogada of Cousel Herbert Smith Freehills Spain, César Hernández, Jefe del Departamento de Medicamentos de Uso Humano de la Agencia Española de

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1 June 2021

CEFI Pharmaceutical Law Course starts

Katia Piñol Torres, our President and Patricia Lacruz. Directora General de Cartera Común de Servicios del Sistema Nacional de Salud y Farmacia del Ministerio de Sanidad at the opening of the course.  Nice speakers and more tan 180 attendees. This

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1 June 2021

Observational studies and patient support programmes: comments on Royal Decree 957/2020

Royal Decree 957/2020 As of 2 January 2021, observational studies of medicinal products for human use (‘OSM’) are to be regulated in Spain by Royal Decree 957/2020, which repeals the previously applicable Order SAS/3470/2009. The main purpose of Royal Decree

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25 May 2021

COMMUNICATIONS ON INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY AND COMPETITION LAW nº 92 Available for download and purchase.

Section One. Current Affairs Medicine in the courts in 2020. Jordi Faus, Xavier Moliner, Eduard Rodellar, Santiago Tomás, Anna Gerbolés, Lluís Alcover, Laura Marquès, Juan Martínez, and Joan Carles Bailach Data protection in the COVID-19 pandemic (Part II). Jesús Rubí

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6 May 2021

Why would compulsory licensing of vaccines and COVID-19 treatments not lead to better access to innovation and benefits for patients?

There is an ongoing debate about certain national and international policy initiatives concerning the mandatory licensing of COVID-19 vaccine patents and we see the need to clarify certain concepts. In the event of mandatory licensing, it is more than likely

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6 May 2021
Farmaindustria

The new 2021 FARMAINDUSTRIA code

As we all know, on 1 January 2021 the new version of the Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry (the ‘new Code’ or, simply, the ‘Code’) came into force. As well as incorporating the amendments introduced in June 2019

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27 April 2021

WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DAY– 26 APRIL

In light of the current COVID-19 health crisis, it is an apt moment to highlight the importance of intellectual property. Intellectual and industrial property, among others, allow us to turn ideas into concrete projects that create value, wealth, jobs, and

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26 April 2021

Issue 76 of the journal Cuadernos DF (Pharmaceutical Law Review) now available

Interruption of supply or the withdrawal of medicines from the market and competition rules. Henar González Durántez y Pilar Carrasco del Olmo   2021 versión of Pharmaceutical Industry Code  of Best Practices. Teresa Paz-Ares Rodríguez, Beatriz Cocina Arrieta y Nuria

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5 April 2021
interrupción del suministro de medicamentos

The withdrawal or interruption of medicine supply from a competition law perspective

Recent investigations of the pharmaceutical sector by the competition authorities demonstrate a focus on examining a number of actions that could entail an interruption of supply or even the withdrawal of medicinal products from the market by pharmaceutical companies. Specifically,

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9 March 2021

Vaccines in times of pandemic

On 19 January CEFI organised a seminar to deepen our understanding of vaccines in times of pandemic. Interest in the debate, reflected in the number of registrations (298) and the quality of the speakers, most of whom are at the

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28 January 2021
Javier Díez Domingo FISABIO

Vaccine debate at CEFI

Fascinating debate on vaccines with 266 registered participants and fantastic presentations by the speakers. This post is also available in: Spanish

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19 January 2021

Final days for registration: Online conference ‘Deepening our understanding of vaccines in times of pandemic’

On 19 January 2021, CEFI will hold the online conference entitled Deepening our understanding of vaccines in times of pandemic. Registration is free of charge. Programme and registration This post is also available in: Spanish

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14 January 2021

Two new issues of CEFI’s journal published

Two new issues of the journal published by CEFI are available: Cuadernos de Derecho Farmacéutico issue 75 (October-December 2020). Comunicaciones en Propiedad Industrial y Derecho de la Competencia issue 91 (September-December 2020). This post is also available in: Spanish

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13 January 2021

CEFI contributes to the debate on vaccines in times of pandemic

On 19 January 2021, CEFI will hold an online conference entitled Deepening our understanding of vaccines in times of pandemic. Programme and registration This post is also available in: Spanish

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15 December 2020

Eventful days of regulation and legislation in the world of pharma and innovation

There have been some eventful days recently in terms of important pharmaceutical regulations and legislation: Community pharma strategy to which we dedicated a post on LinkedIn Proposal for a Data Governance Regulation. Re-use of certain public sector data, including health

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3 December 2020

Global regulatory alignment on COVID-19 medicines and vaccines

Global action in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Joint statement by the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA) and the World Health Organization (WHO), supported by the Spanish Medicines and Health Products Agency (AEMPS), with regulatory agencies adopting

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16 November 2020

Expert analysis on data protection

In the next issue of the Comunicaciones journal, CEFI is pleased to count on the expert opinion of Jesús Rubí Navarrete, Deputy Director of the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) and Rafael Garcia Gozalo, Executive Advisor and Head of the

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10 November 2020

Improving access to therapeutic innovation

Natividad Calvente Cestafe, Director of Innovation, Training and Institutional Relations at the General Council of Pharmaceutical Associations contributes to a monographic issue of the journal Cuadernos de Derecho Farmacéutico [Pharmaceutical Law Review] with a magnificent article on early access to

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6 November 2020

The two-part test for grant of supplementary protection certificates is here to stay, but at what price?

Commentary on the Royalty Pharma Ruling of the CJEU of 30 April 2020. Full text: Comunicaciones ENG oct 2020 pag     This post is also available in: Spanish

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26 October 2020

CEFI Foundation submits its claims to the Draft Reference Price Order 2020

The reference price system and annual reference price orders are intended to contribute to the sustainability of the SNS. They should also promote the right balance between innovative generic/biosimilar, competition and competitiveness in the pharmaceutical and health market. Price decisions

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16 October 2020

La Fundación CEFI presenta sus alegaciones al Proyecto de Orden de precios de referencia 2020

El sistema de precios de referencia y las sucesivas ordenes anuales de precios de referencia pretenden contribuir a la sostenibilidad del SNS. También deben fomentar el justo equilibrio entre innovador-genérico/biosimilar, la competencia y la competitividad en el mercado farmacéutico y

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16 October 2020

New issue of the journal Cuadernos de Derecho Farmacéutico (Pharmaceutical Law Review)

Issue 74 (July-September 2020) of the journal Cuadernos de Derecho Farmacéutico is available online. Monographic issue ‘Spanish National Health System changes for innovation, efficiency and patient service’. Contents: CEFI position paper. Spanish National Health System changes for innovation, efficiency and

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14 October 2020

Draft Order updating the Price Reference System in 2020

The Ministry of Health has published Draft Order SND/ /2020, of, by which the price reference system for medicinal products in the Spanish National Health System will be updated in 2020. The text is available for consultation and comments on

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22 September 2020

Spanish National Health System changes for innovation, efficiency and patient service

Amidst the current health, social and economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and in a context conducive to reflection and debate with the creation of the Commission for the Social and Economic Recovery of Spain after Covid-19, CEFI has

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27 July 2020

‘Next Generation EU’, the European Recovery Programme

The European Council has reached a historic agreement on a EUR 750 billion package for rebuilding the European economy following the COVID-19 pandemic: EUR 390 billion in direct aid and EUR 360 billion in loans. Spain will receive EUR 140

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23 July 2020

Nuevo número de la revista Cuadernos de Derecho Farmacéutico

Disponible en la web el número 73 (abril-junio 2020) de la revista Cuadernos de Derecho Farmacéutico. Sumario: La protección judicial de los datos de registro de los medicamentos y el derecho de exclusividad comercial: una asignatura pendiente en España, que

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9 July 2020

Muestras gratuitas de medicamentos. El TJUE restringe las condiciones de distribución

Una reciente sentencia del TJUE (asunto C‑786/18), pronunciándose sobre las cuestiones prejudiciales planteadas por el Tribunal Supremo alemán y tras estudiar el alcance del artículo 96, apartado 1, de la Directiva 2001/83, prohíbe la distribución de muestras gratuitas de medicamentos

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17 June 2020

Régimen económico de los medicamentos huérfanos.Exonerados del sistema de precios de referencia

El BOE de hoy, viernes 12 de junio, publica la  Resolución de 2 de junio de 2020, de la Dirección General de Cartera Común de Servicios del Sistema Nacional de Salud y Farmacia, por la que se publica el Acuerdo

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12 June 2020

Guía de la CNMC sobre programas de cumplimento normativo en relación con las normas de defensa de la competencia

La CNMC ha publicado esta Guía que: Fue sometida a consulta pública en febrero de 2020 y recoge las aportaciones realizadas. Contiene los criterios que serían tomados en consideración por la CNMC para analizar la eficacia de un programa de

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12 June 2020

Cuadernos de Derecho Farmacéutico

Cuadernos de Derecho Farmacéutico no. 72 (enero-marzo 2020) publicado y disponible en la web  Índice: El precio de los medicamentos: transparencia versus confidencialidad. Francisco Valero Bonilla Criterio Interpretativo 17/2019 del Consejo de Transparencia y Buen Gobierno. Introducción y Criterio Interpretativo.

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1 June 2020

Procedimientos judiciales de Propiedad Industrial

Desde el pasado 15 de marzo que entró en vigor el estado de alarma los plazos de los procedimientos judiciales quedaron en suspenso, incluidos los plazos de propiedad industrial. A partir del 15 abril el CGPJ permitió la notificación de

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14 May 2020

Nuevo número de la revista Comunicaciones en Propiedad Industrial y Derecho de la Competencia

Comunicaciones en Propiedad Industrial y Derecho de la Competencia no. 89 (enero-abril 2020) publicado y disponible en la web  Índice: Estado de alarma COVID-19: las medidas excepcionales para mejorar la disponibilidad de medicamentos y otros productos necesarios. Teresa Paz-Ares Rodríguez

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6 May 2020
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