On Tuesday, 26 January 2021, Allen&Overy (Belgium) LLP hosted a webinar on the key developments in parallel trade of pharmaceuticals in 2020. In this blog post, we discuss a few key topics and ...

At the core of the definition, a Parallel import is a non-counterfeit product imported from another country without the permission of the intellectual property owner. They are also goods that are not ...

The shipment of bona fide pharmaceutical drugs into Britain from Europe may cost the UK pharmaceutical industry more than £770million a year. The net effect on the UK economy as a whole, taking into ...

Consumer groups argue that parallel trading leads to cheaper prices but trade mark owners say it jeopardizes their long-term relationships with both distributors and consumers. Peter Hallett of ...

Stephen Pollard claims absurdly that parallel trade in medicines is life threatening ("There Is No Such Thing as a Free Drug," editorial page, 2 July). Yet his flawed report contains no substantiation ...

Parallel trade may be a bane for drug supplies in low-cost countries, but it's been a boon for Andreas Mohringer and his company, EurimPharm Arzneimittel. As Bloomberg reports, Mohringer has made a ...

In 2021, the European Union opened up a formal investigation into Mondelēz International for allegedly restricting parallel trade. What is parallel trade? And how can it harm competition? In 2021, the ...

Amid sanctions on Russia, there is a growing trend of back-door sales via third-party channels in friendly countries – like Kazakhstan. Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Western countries have used ...

Imposing trade restrictions on parallel imports has the surprising effect of motivating a firm to export, according to a new study using game theory economic analysis. Economists Santanu Roy, Southern ...

"We are happy to move as quickly as other parties are willing to move," said U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.Will Oliver/epa-efe/Shutterstock U.S. Trade ...

The fiscal mess in Greece has been hard enough on drugmakers, not to mention drug supplies for patients. But the government's attempts to budget-cut its way into a solution has put an even bigger kink ...