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In recent years, the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare industry has found itself involved in an ever-increasing number of litigious disputes, often involving very large amounts of money and complex group litigation in the US and elsewhere. This has, in turn, led to an increase in litigation between companies operating in the industry and their liability insurers, often involving very substantial sums of money and a wide variety of complex coverage issues.
As the leading insurance and reinsurance Chambers in the UK, 7KBW has extensive experience of acting in and advising on insurance and reinsurance disputes involving the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare industry. Members of Chambers are regularly involved in liability insurance and reinsurance disputes arising from medical malpractice and product liability claims, in courts and arbitrations in the UK and abroad. Please see the Insurance and Reinsurance pages of our website for further details of our experience and expertise in this area.
In re Medicaments (2000): Members acted for the respondent pharmaceutical associations, in this, the last case in the Restrictive Practices Court. The Director-General of Fair Trading challenged the practice of resale price maintenance (RPM) on branded “over-the-counter” medicines.