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National Security and Investment Bill: implications for technology and life sciences businesses
Posted: 18/12/2020
The National Security and Investment Bill represents a major change in UK regulation of takeover and investment transactions, giving the Government power to intervene in a wide range of transactions on national security grounds. The new powers can be applied to any business but a mandatory notification regime...…>>
Penningtons Manches Cooper boosts growing Birmingham office with leading intellectual property lawyer
Posted: 19/10/2020
The Birmingham office of top 50 law firm Penningtons Manches Cooper, established last year as the firm’s first location outside of London and the South East, has announced another new appointment......>>
Penningtons Manches Cooper acts for SkinBioTherapeutics plc on conditional £4.5 million equity fundraising
Posted: 15/10/2020
The corporate team at Penningtons Manches Cooper is advising SkinBioTherapeutics plc (AIM: SBTX) on a £4 million conditional placing and an associated open offer to raise up to £500,000......>>
UK DEFRA supportive of gene editing post-Brexit
Posted: 12/10/2020
At an Environmental Audit Committee meeting earlier this year, UK Secretary of State for DEFRA, George Eustice, offered his support for gene editing after Brexit, saying that the Government disagrees with the EU stance on the matter. The meeting, held by video link on 18 June 2020, raised a number of issues including conservation...…>>
Corporate team advises Oxford start-ups on special pandemic investment
Posted: 23/09/2020
Penningtons Manches Cooper’s corporate team has advised two Oxford medtech companies on investment from EIT Health, the knowledge and innovation community of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. EIT Health provided co-investment alongside existing investors in the two companies...…>>

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Life sciences update – Autumn 2020
In this issue: With the clocks set to go back this weekend, it will be a ceremonious reminder that the end of the year is looming and with it, the end of the Brexit transition period. Please keep an eye out for further briefings/updates on our website over the coming months.

Life sciences update - Summer 2019
In this issue: It’s a busy time of year in the life sciences event calendar, including the recent OBN ‘BioTrinity’ conference in London, and forthcoming One Nucleus ‘ON Helix’ conference.

Life sciences update - Winter 2019
In this issue: Since the MPs’ vote on the Brexit deal on 15 January 2019, the UK continues to face a high level of uncertainty in the coming months and years, with the exit date of 29 March drawing closer, and a ‘no deal’ Brexit looking more and more likely. The life sciences sector, heavily governed by EU Regulations, is likely to be affected.

Life sciences update - Spring 2018
In this issue: Welcome to the spring edition of Bio Brief. To celebrate spring (despite the somewhat unseasonal and changeable weather), we have made some changes to the layout which we hope will reflect the new growth in the life sciences sector.

Life sciences update - Winter 2018
In this issue: Welcome to the first edition of Bio Brief for 2018. As usual across the life sciences sector there is a lot of activity reflecting the breadth and dynamism of the sector. We aim to support your business by providing you with a variety of articles reflecting both recent case law and major legal changes on the horizon.

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