Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare and Life Sciences

Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare and Life Sciences

Chiomenti offers legal advice and assistance to entities operating in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, both in Italy and abroad.

Chiomenti’s practice is primarily targeted at businesses operating in the manufacture and distribution of pharmaceutical products and medical devices, companies and institutions providing healthcare and hospital services, and companies active in the testing and development of technology and scientific protocols used in the treatment of patients. In these sectors, Chiomenti’s clients include national and multinational companies, as well as investors and venture capitalists.

The Firm’s services stand out for their full-service and multi-disciplinary approach, encompassing regulatory issues concerning medicines and medical devices, public tenders for health services and/or the supply of medicines and/or medical devices, relations with national and local health services, intellectual property, antitrust, commercial contracts and  R&D, as well as managing business integrity and issues of corporate corruption and business administrative liability (under Legislative Decree No. 231 of 8 June 2001).

Chiomenti’s clients benefit from its unparalleled experience in corporate law, acquisitions, tax law and tax planning, which enables Chiomenti also in the health, pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors to advise them on the adoption of appropriate tax policies, and to recommend the most efficient and versatile contractual and corporate structures.

  • A multi-disciplinary team that, combining the members’ respective experience in various of the Firm’s practice areas (administrative, corporate M&A, intellectual property, tax law, antitrust, anti-corruption and business ethics), works in a coordinated and integrated manner to better understand and meet the client’s needs and so effectively look after its interests.