The business of health care and life science is complex, expensive, competitive, and ever-changing. Legal issues arise from many factors, including market pressures, regulatory changes, protection of intellectual property, efforts to economize, recruitment and retention challenges and the need to provide outstanding patient care and customer service.
No participant is exempt from business, regulatory or legal risk. Hospitals, physician groups, long term care facilities and managed care organizations, as well as biotech, nanotech, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies, start-ups and related academic and research organizations must all navigate a wide range of legal issues.