Access to public tenders files is possible even before the contract is awarded
Resolution 21/2017 of 1 February by the Committee for Guaranteed Access to Public Information of Catalonia (Case 176/2016)
CAPSULAS Nº 180
Background This case arose as a result of the claim filed by a bidder seeking to access different documents included in a public tender file, once the bidding process had ended but before the contracting authority had awarded the contract. The documents to which the bidder sought access included expert appraisal reports produced by the... Read More
Soplan aires de transparencia
EL GLOBAL
Llegará un día, no falta mucho, en que en España se alcanzarán niveles de transparencia de la actividad administrativa propios de un verdadero Estado de derecho, donde tendremos acceso a los documentos públicos (como las Actas de la Comisión Interministerial de Precios de los Medicamentos, por ejemplo), sin necesidad de pedirlos. Ese día, si detectamos... Read More
Personal data recorded in the Mercantile Registry and “the right to be forgotten”, a difficult equilibrium
In its Judgment of 9 March 2017 the ECJ considers that an equilibrium must be found between this right and other legal obligations
CAPSULAS Nº 180
Background In year 2007, the sole director of an Italian building company sued the Chamber of Commerce of Lecce. He considered that the properties that his company had built were not selling because in the companies’ register it was still noted that he had been the sole director and liquidator of another company which was... Read More
Liability of the notified body towards end users as a consequence of the conformity assessment procedure of medical devices
Judgement of the Court of Justice, of 16 February 2017, C-219/15
CAPSULAS Nº 180
Background The judgement in question concerns a claim brought by Mrs. Schmitt against TÜV Rheinland, a notified private body which is qualified in Germany for the conformity assessment of medical devices. Mrs Schmitt had to remove the breast implants that had been subject to a conformity assessment by the notified body, after the competent French... Read More
60 años del Tratado de Roma ¡Feliz cumpleaños!
EL GLOBAL
El debate sobre la dispensación de algunos medicamentos exclusivamente desde los Servicios de Farmacia Hospitalaria, sin intervención de las oficinas de farmacia, ha cobrado actualidad tras la publicación, por la SEFH, de su informe “El valor de la Farmacia Hospitalaria”. En este se aporta básicamente dos ideas para defender la dispensación hospitalaria: en primer lugar,... Read More
Faus & Moliner participates at the course “Basic notions of Administrative Procedure for the departments of Regulatory Affairs and Market Access” organized by the University of Barcelona
Xavier Moliner, Eduard Rodellar and Juan Suárez have given courses on the administrative procedure and its special impact in the pharmaceutical area
In the course, organized by the School of Continuing Education of the University of Barcelona, the main aspects related to the administrative procedure have been addressed, with particular emphasis on all the most relevant novelties introduced by the recent Law 39/2015 on Common Administrative Procedure of the Public Administration. The speakers have given an eminently... Read More
Dispensación hospitalaria: cuestión de dinero
EL GLOBAL
EEl debate sobre la dispensación de algunos medicamentos exclusivamente desde los Servicios de Farmacia Hospitalaria, sin intervención de las oficinas de farmacia, ha cobrado actualidad tras la publicación, por la SEFH, de su informe “El valor de la Farmacia Hospitalaria”. En este se aporta básicamente dos ideas para defender la dispensación hospitalaria: en primer lugar,... Read More
El SNS actúa como las aseguradoras privadas
EL GLOBAL
En España, el derecho a la protección de la salud no está reconocido, en la Constitución, como un derecho fundamental, sino como un principio rector de la política social y económica. El Tribunal Constitucional se ha pronunciado al respecto en múltiples ocasiones. La última, al valorar el recurso interpuesto contra el Real Decreto-Ley 16/2012, en... Read More
Main features of the new Fenin Code of Ethics
New Code of Ethics for the Spanish Healthcare Technology Sector transposing the provisions of the current “Code of Ethical Business Practice” of MedTech Europe
CAPSULAS Nº 178
Background On 21 December 2016, the general assembly of Fenin approved the new Code of Ethics for the Healthcare Technology Sector in Spain, transposing the current “Code of Ethical Business Practice” of MedTech Europe, the European association of the health technology industry. The main objective of the new Code, which will come into force on... Read More
Purchase of biological medicinal products: reference to the active ingredient is valid for defining batches
Judgment No. 445/2016 of 19 October issued by the Administrative Chamber of the High Court of Justice of the Basque Country
CAPSULAS Nº 179
Whilst confusion persists concerning how to reasonably organise the purchase of biological and biosimilar medicinal products in hospitals, this judgment offers a certain amount of clarity and is worth particular note. The case in hand was initiated following a call for tenders as part of a Framework Agreement (FA) to supply epoetin alfa. Hospira appealed... Read More