A team of Norton Rose Fulbright pharma and medical-device litigators recently presented to the Life Sciences and Healthcare Spring Webinar Series on “Pharma Delivers: Now What?” Pharmaceutical companies delivered pandemic-ending vaccines, and are rewarded with an increasingly positive public reputation.
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South Africa: Covering doctors have an immediate legal duty of care to patients
By Deniro Pillay on
A doctor who covers for a colleague has an immediate legal duty to care for his colleague’s patients whilst on call.
This was recently confirmed by the Supreme Court of Appeal in South Africa in a case where a doctor…
Anthem to pay US$115M to settle lawsuit relating to 2015 data breach
By Jeewon Kim Serrato (US) on
Anthem Inc. has agreed to a US$115 million settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit relating to a 2015 cyberattack that compromised data on 79 million individuals. Anthem has denied any wrongdoing.
In February of 2015, Anthem reported that hackers…