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Life sciences legal update: disputes, medical devices and pharmaceutical regulation—AI obligations, EU–US trade, MHRA review, EMA nitrosamines, DUAA commencement, biotech finance (31 July 2025)

Published on: 31 July 2025

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Disputes and regulatory enforcement

Astellas defeats bid by generics to overturn cancer drug patent protections. Law360 reports that, on 23 July 2025, producers of generic medicines were unable to persuade a London appeal judge to set aside the remaining protections for Astellas Pharma’s leading prostate cancer therapy, Xtandi, as the evidence was held to be ‘tainted with hindsight’. See: Astellas beats generics application to set aside cancer drug patent.

Judgment Alert: General Pharmaceutical Council v Ahmed [2025] EWHC 1866 (Admin). The Administrative Court allowed the General Pharmaceutical Council’s application, under Article 56(5) of the Pharmacy Order 2010, to prolong an interim suspension imposed on the respondent, a registered pharmacist, for a further nine months. The respondent neither attended nor obtained representation. Grave allegations, including clinical mistakes and dishonest conduct, were considered to endanger public safety and the profession’s standing. The court concluded that extending the suspension was required to safeguard the public and uphold professional standards while more robust procedural steps are taken and the investigation is finalised...

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