AstapovLawyers' market-leading healthcare practice comprises an integrated, multi-jurisdictional team providing a full service response to clients operating in this broad sector. We work with a wide range of clients including biotechnology, pharmaceutical and general healthcare companies, start-ups, universities and university spin-outs, agricultural companies, medical device companies, care homes and those who finance and invest in the industry.

We regularly work with our healthcare sector clients in the following areas:

• clinical governance and commercial contracts;
• competition;
• construction and real estate;
• corporate transactions/joint ventures;
• environment, health and safety;
• human resources and pensions;
• information technology;
• intellectual property;
• internal and public inquiries and police inquiries;
• litigation and dispute management, commissioning and contracting issues;
• mental health law advice, to include capacity, confidentiality and consent issues;
• parliamentary agency and private finance initiatives;
• professional negligence and public procurement;
• regulatory, including corporate manslaughter;
• employers liability and public liability claims;
• IT law and data protection, etc.

Among our key clients in the Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Healthcare sector are - BAYER, BIOTON, HYTHIAM, VALENTA, OPTIMA PHARM, and METAGENICS.