Our team has extensive experience, business insight and deep understanding of the frameworks for businesses within the life sciences and healthcare sector. We assist amongst others pharmaceutical companies, wholesalers of medicinal products, hospitals, suppliers of medical devices, biotechnology companies and health tech companies with varied and tailored advice based on the needs of the individual business.

Examples of our assistance include advice on regulatory affairs for the various industries, complaints on administrative decisions from various public authorities, drafting of cooperation agreements within research and development, clinical trials, manufacturing, distribution and sales of medicinal product, medical devices and health tech, advice on privacy and health data, product classification, interaction between healthcare businesses and healthcare personnel, and promotional activities.

Our multi-disciplinary team also assist business in this sector with dispute resolution involving intellectual property, and over the last year we have assisted on several of the most complex patent litigation and trade secret litigation matters within this sector.

We also frequently work with our colleagues in the Corporate M&A team regarding transactions within this sector, and over the last years we have, inter alia, been involved in some of the largest transactions within the pharmaceutical industry.

Haavind has good knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry in addition to knowledge of the intellectual property sector

Chambers Europe, 2025