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Life Sciences & Pharmaceuticals

Forgó, Damjanovic & Partners Law Firm has a longstanding Life Sciences & Pharmaceuticals practice, advising Hungarian and international companies on transactional, regulatory, competition and commercial matters. Our clients include pharmaceutical manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors, investors and other businesses operating in the sector.

A particular strength of our practice is M&A and transactional work in the pharmaceutical sector. We have acted on numerous acquisitions and disposals involving pharmaceutical wholesalers, plasma centres, medical device distributors and other life sciences businesses.

We also have extensive experience in pharmaceutical regulatory, advertising, competition, and consumer protection matters, and we provide ongoing commercial and compliance support to companies operating in the sector. Our lawyers regularly advise on advertising and promotional activities, licensing and notification requirements, clinical trial agreements and commercial arrangements with wholesalers, pharmacies and other market participants.

Services

We offer a full range of legal services to companies operating in the pharmaceutical sector, including:

  • advising on M&A transactions, including due diligence and other sector-specific aspects of acquisitions;
  • providing pharmaceutical regulatory advice, including licensing, notification, registration and other regulatory requirements;
  • advising on advertising, marketing and promotional activities, including online campaigns, sponsorships, collaborations and influencer marketing;
  • advising on competition law and consumer protection, including unfair trade practices, restrictive agreements and merger control;
  • representing clients before the Hungarian Competition Authority and other competent authorities;
  • advising on the regulatory and commercial aspects of medical devices, including classification, CE marking, distribution and advertising;
  • reviewing and negotiating clinical trial agreements;
  • drafting and negotiating commercial agreements with wholesalers, pharmacies, retail chains and other business partners;
  • providing ongoing corporate, commercial and compliance support to pharmaceutical companies; and
  • advising on related employment, IP and dispute resolution matters.

Contact

Zoltán Forgó
Zsófia Füzi
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Examples from our
track record

We advised on the sale of a medical device and food supplement distribution company to an international pharmaceutical investment group.

We advised on M&A transactions involving the acquisition of plasma centres on behalf of a major international pharma company, including sector-specific regulatory and transactional matters.

We provide ongoing regulatory, competition and commercial advice to a multinational healthcare and consumer products company, including advice on advertising and marketing, distribution arrangements and other competition and regulatory matters.

We regularly review clinical trial agreements for international pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, including agreements involving several global and specialist pharmaceutical businesses.

We represented the largest Hungarian pharmaceutical companies in the acquisition of the dominant pharmaceutical wholesaler, including a very complex merger control procedure.

We advised on the acquisition of a producer and distributor of healthcare products by a major pharmaceutical wholesale company.

We carried out legal due diligence on a network of pharmacies on behalf of an international investor.

We provided broad-scope regulatory advice to a major Hungarian pharmaceutical company on issues such as price-fixing by the Hungarian state, marketing of products and possible classification of its products.

We acted for a global manufacturer of pharmaceutical products in a dispute arising out of a clinical trial it had sponsored. We advised on the applicable regulatory framework, conducted the negotiations with the opposing party on our client's behalf and drafted the settlement agreement. The matter was closed by settlement.