Life sciences

The Life Sciences Department at DELSOL Avocats supports companies in the healthcare and medical technology sectors, as well as their institutional and industrial partners, at every stage of their products’ lifecycle.

Our attorneys provide support from the development phase through to commercialization, covering in particular preclinical and clinical evaluation, the valorization of innovations, market launch, reimbursement, and distribution.

The team also advises healthcare institutions, regardless of their legal structure, as well as companies and organizations in the sector, on their contractual relationships with healthcare professionals.

For certain clients, the team provides comprehensive outsourced management of procedures related to the implementation and monitoring of these relationships, ensuring legal certainty, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency.

The attorneys in the Life Sciences department are distinguished by the specific assistance they provide to their clients during inspections and regulatory checks conducted by health authorities, as well as by their expertise in defending the interests of healthcare companies and institutions in administrative or judicial litigation.

Furthermore, considering digital advancements and the growing “datafication” of healthcare activities, the department assists clients in defining and implementing strategies for data management, protection, and value creation—a major concern for all stakeholders in the healthcare sector.

Knowledge and mastery of the legal and operational framework by sector stakeholders, as well as an understanding of the role they play within healthcare information systems—whether in the management of medical records, research databases, medical-social monitoring, or the hosting of health data—are now essential for any player seeking to establish a sustainable position in the healthcare market.

The Life sciences department provides support in the following areas:

• Assistance with the regulatory framework for healthcare information system projects (telemedicine, healthcare cooperation groups, regional hospital groups, etc.),
• Assistance in understanding the new rules for the exchange and sharing of health data within the healthcare sector and the medical-social sector—drafting of health data hosting contracts and coordination of the various required authorizations,
• Consultations on conditions for accessing health data (including big data issues), etc.

Members of the Life sciences department lead numerous inter- and intra-company training sessions on major issues in the healthcare sector: clinical research, health data, administrative inspections, the use of biological samples, health products, the commercialization of innovations, regulatory compliance, etc.

Given the cross-cutting nature of many cases entrusted to the Life Sciences department, and in order to address the diversity and complexity of the issues faced by industry stakeholders, cases are handled in close collaboration with the firm’s other departments—primarily the departments of Personal data, Mergers and Acquisitions – Corporate Law, Non-profit organizations – Social and solidarity-based entrepreneurship, Public law, and Civil and commercial litigation.