Tilleke & Gibbins, together with EuroCham Vietnam, will hold a seminar focusing on legal issues in the pharmaceutical sector. The seminar will feature a panel of pharmaceutical and intellectual property experts from Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam, and it will provide attendees with an in-depth look at emerging issues in Vietnam’s rapidly developing pharmaceutical sector, including:

Siradapat Ratanakorn and Nitat Sinsereekul, consultants in Tilleke & Gibbins’ regulatory affairs group, will speak on the topic “Thailand Food Supplement Regulations – What Businesses Should Know” at Vitafoods Asia 2016, a two-day conference focused on nutraceuticals. In particular, they will discuss the following main topics:

The key drivers of healthcare product investment are the effective protection of intellectual property rights and compliance with the law. Protection of IP rights and obtaining market authorization are challenges faced by every company operating in the healthcare industry. To discuss these issues and more, Dr. Atthachai Homhuan, regulatory affairs manager at Tilleke & Gibbins, will present on “Intellectual Property and Regulatory Perspectives of Thailand’s Healthcare Business” at an IP Lunch Talk held by Tilleke & Gibbins and the National Innovation Agency.

The nominees of Asian Legal Business’s Southeast Asia Law Awards 2016 have been announced, and Tilleke & Gibbins has secured nominations in three categories, as follows:Intellectual Property Firm of the YearThailand Law Firm of the YearVietnam Law Firm of the YearTo determine the winners, a team of researchers at ALB are considering factors such as firms’ breadth and complexity of work, innovation, third-party awards, and market feedback, among other criteria.