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Five Questions with a Health Lawyer: Marshall E. Jackson, Jr.

by McDermott Will & Emery | Oct 10, 2019 | Digital Health, Uncategorized

Marshall E. Jackson, Jr.
Associate
Office: Washington, DC
Year at Firm: 4

What is your favorite part about practicing healthcare law at McDermott?

My favorite part of practicing healthcare law at McDermott is working with clients that are out in front tackling very interesting and unique issues. The healthcare industry continues to evolve, and our clients are at the forefront. The changes in the industry have required clients to navigate areas of uncertainty, and our clients look to us to help them navigate that uncertainty. I have been blessed to sit shoulder to shoulder with a dynamic McDermott team helping our clients tackle new and unprecedented issues. No day is a dull day.

What is the biggest opportunity and greatest challenge facing clients in your area of focus today?

Many of our clients face the challenge of balancing the need to deliver affordable, quality healthcare to people when and where they need it, while maximizing return on investment for their business within a hot healthcare market. While one side seems provider-centered and the other investor-centered, providers and investors alike grapple with this balancing act. In addressing this balance in the context of an ever-changing industry, our clients are seizing opportunities to embrace new ways to deliver healthcare, and forming strategic partnerships and collaborations to strike the balance. We are increasingly [...]

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Proactive Due Diligence Considerations for Life Sciences Dealmakers

by McDermott Will & Emery | Jul 3, 2019 | Digital Health, FDA, Life Sciences, Life Sciences Private Equity, Reimbursement

In today’s competitive and fast-paced life sciences dealmaking environment, buyers and investors are often unable to spend as much time on due diligence as they might like. Market players are often highly focused on the science itself and, as a result, may pay less attention to issues such as supply chain, intellectual property components and reimbursement. However, addressing these topics at the due diligence stage is critical—they can cause a deal to unravel if left unexamined, regardless of the strength of the science.

Due diligence standards and considerations vary significantly across life sciences subsectors— pharma, medical devices, digital health and AI are each governed by unique regulatory structures and operate in very different deal landscapes. Buyers and investors are well advised to consider end-game issues such as reimbursement options, protection for valuable IP and pathways to commercialization early in the planning process. Framing the areas of diligence focus around the value drivers of their target deal model and key contract elements requiring verification will allow buyers to leverage their diligence findings into an informed, forward-thinking action plan.

Reimbursement. When evaluating a potential life sciences transaction, it is never too early to start thinking about reimbursement. Due diligence should take into account the commercialization channel for the product and include engagement with data sources on alternative therapies and their reimbursement. If the product in view is entering an existing market, conversations with reimbursement specialists can help a buyer determine the best path to reimbursement. A product that is opening a new [...]

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Pursuing Progress: Collaborative Transformation in Action

by McDermott Will & Emery | Dec 3, 2018 | Digital Health, Health M&A, Hospitals & Health Systems, International Health, Life Sciences, Managed Care, PPM/ASC

It’s the industry disruptors, the unusual partnerships, and the cross-border and cross-sector relationships that are driving Collaborative Transformation in the health care and life sciences organizations. But a Collaborative Transformation takes more than signing paperwork and shaking hands. A successful Collaborative Transformation takes cultural integration between non-traditional partners, incorporating new technologies into health care regulatory compliance structures, and so much more. At McDermott, we’ve recently had the opportunity to help our clients pursue their own Collaborative Transformations, and are proud to showcase their achievements.

Innate Pharma Expands its Collaboration with AstraZeneca

McDermott Will & Emery advised Innate Pharma, a French oncology-focused biotech company, in signing a multi-term agreement with AstraZeneca and MedImmune – AstraZeneca’s global biologics research and development arm. This agreement broadens the existing collaboration, aimed at accelerating the development of an oncology portfolio of each of the parties and to provide patients with more rapid access to new therapeutic options. This extended collaboration will permit Innate Pharma to develop and commercially strengthen its investment ability to develop its immuno-oncology portfolio (IO) and its R&D platform. For its part, AstraZeneca will enrich its IO portfolio with new clinical and preclinical programs. For more information on this collaboration, click here.

CVS + Aetna

McDermott is one of the firms that has advised CVS Health in connection with its $69 billion purchase of Aetna. The transaction, one of this year’s largest M&A deals, is expected to transform the US health care sector. For more information on [...]

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Collaborative Transformation: Shaping the Future of Health Care, Together

by McDermott Will & Emery | Oct 19, 2018 | Digital Health, Health M&A, Hospitals & Health Systems, International Health, Life Sciences, Managed Care, PPM/ASC

As the health care and life sciences fields experience ever-increasing levels of disruption, diverse entities across the industry are teaming up to embrace and foster innovation. These new pairings are shaping the future of health care, as organizations come together to tackle the industry’s most pressing issues with redoubled agility and pooled resources.

In an environment of change and uncertainty, this trend of Collaborative Transformation is yielding improved financial outcomes, increased operational efficiencies, and a fresh infusion of diverse talent and perspectives—all of which result in enhanced quality of care.

This is where the McDermott Health and Life Sciences team comes in. As a top-ranked US health law practice and a leader in life sciences with decades of experience advising the leading players in US and cross-border health and life sciences, we have the skill, market insight and ingenuity to partner with you wherever your innovation takes you. Whether you are forming innovative alliances across borders and industries, creating or implementing groundbreaking technologies and services, or restructuring investments to position your organization at the cutting edge of the market, our team can work alongside yours to achieve excellence.

Click here to learn more about McDermott Health, our recent work executing collaborative transformations on behalf of our clients and how we can help your organization form innovative business relationships.

ONC Expected to Release Proposed Information Blocking Rule Soon

by Daniel F. Gottlieb, James A. Cannatti III and Karen S. Sealander | Oct 17, 2018 | Digital Health, Fraud & Abuse, Hospitals & Health Systems, Life Sciences, Managed Care, Post-Acute Care, PPM/ASC

It has now been one month since the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) sent its proposed information blocking rule to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for required review.

We expect OMB to approve the much-anticipated proposed rule and ONC to release it soon with the usual opportunity for public comment. While we wait, there are some things that health information technology developers, health information exchanges, health information networks and health care providers who may be subject to the information blocking prohibition and enforcement actions can do to prepare for the upcoming comment period. But before we get to comments, let’s remind ourselves about how we got to this point.

By way of background, Congress asked ONC to produce a report describing the extent of information blocking and a strategy to address it. ONC submitted that report to Congress in 2015 (the 2015 Report) noting, among other things, enforcement authority gaps and indicating that successful information blocking prevention strategies would likely require congressional intervention. In the 21st Century Cures Act, which became law in 2016, Congress granted the HHS Office of Inspector General investigative and enforcement authorities for prohibited information blocking conduct. The Cures Act defined information blocking as a practice that “except as required by law or specified by the Secretary…, is likely to interfere with, prevent, or materially discourage access, exchange, or [...]

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We’ll see you at BIO 2018

by McDermott Will & Emery | May 31, 2018 | Digital Health, FDA, Life Sciences

McDermott is gearing up for an exciting week of programming during the 2018 BIO International Convention. A number of McDermott partners will on the ground as panelists and moderators across a range of programs during BIO and we hope to see you there!

Thursday, May 31 | Al Sokol will moderate a panel discussion on “Getting and Leveraging Funding” at Mass Life Sciences Innovation Day.

Friday, June 1 | Dale Van Demark will co-moderate the panel “Digital Health – Hospital of the Future” during the IBA 6th Annual World Life Sciences Conference.

Saturday, June 2 | Emmanuelle Trombe will moderate the panel, “Biopharmaceutical Market: Collaboration vs. M&A,” and Al Sokol will be a speaker on the panel “Hot Topics in Venture Capital Investments,” during the IBA 6th Annual World Life Sciences Conference.

Sunday, June 3 | Emmanuel Trombe will moderate, and Veleka Peeples-Dyer will be on the panel, “What is Your Regulatory Strategy?” during the Boston-Paris Biotechnology Summit.

Monday, June 4 | Byron Kalogerou and Jennifer Bock will speak to business investors about the legal issues involved with establishing or expanding an operation in the United States during the SelectUSA FDI Seminar at BIO 2018.

Roger Kuan and Kristina Bieker-Brady will present “Operation Valuation: Maximizing the Value of your Asset Portfolio” during the Redefining Early Stage Investments (RESI) Conference.

Tuesday, June 5 | Sarah Hogan will moderate “Paths to Success in Life Sciences: A [...]

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