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Arbeitsgruppe Compliance – Transparency International Austrian Chapter

Was ist Compliance? Unter Compliance versteht man die Einhaltung von Regeln in Form von Gesetz und sonstigen Vorschriften. Der moderne Begriff beschreibt nichts anderes als „Rechtstreue“ oder „Regelkonformität“. Zum Compliance Management zählen insbesondere alle MaĂźnahmen zur Förderung von Rechtstreue und zur Verhinderung von Regelverstößen. In einem Unternehmen ist Ziel der Compliance Abteilung Risikominimierung durch Beachtung…

KartellverstoĂź = TodesstoĂź?

Anti-Trust
Wenn die dunkle Vergangenheit das Unternehmen einholt – ein Appell zum Umdenken statt Zudecken

Von Bettina Knötzl, Katrin Hanschitz und Thomas Voppichler Beitrag als PDF (Download) Aktuelle Entwicklungen – erhöhte Klagebereitschaft Der auf EU-Ebene spĂĽrbare Kampf fĂĽr Fairness im Wettbewerb schlägt sich in Zahlen nieder, die eine klare Botschaft senden: Unfairer Wettbewerb kann massive Konsequenzen haben. Zuweilen fĂĽhrt der VerstoĂź geradewegs in die Insolvenz. Wie dem letzten Tätigkeitsbericht der…

Are Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Permitted to Publicly Respond to Negative Media?

Advertising Prohibitions for Prescription-Only Drugs – Are pharmaceutical manufacturers permitted to publicly respond to negative media?

Germany / EU All advertising of prescription-only drugs to general public prohibited. In Germany, as in the rest of the EU, advertising for medicinal products is strictly regulated. Prescription-only medicinal products may be promoted only to healthcare professionals qualified to prescribe or supply them (Sec 10 Advertising of Medicines Act, HWG ). General advertising of…

“Failure to Warn” in Pharmaceutical Product Liability Cases

The Austrian Supreme Court clarified the role of the prescribing physicians in pharmaceutical liability cases.

Recent case law from the Austrian Supreme Court has helped clarify the role of the prescribing physician in pharmaceutical product liability cases. In the absence of clear guidance from the European Court of Justice , there has been some uncertainty in Austria – and in many EU Member States – on whether, in pharmaceutical product…

Bettina Knoetzl Discusses Data Protection vs Freedom of Information in the Fight Against Corruption

Transparency International
What roles do data protection and freedom of information play when it comes to monitoring in the fight against corruption? Photo: © Gert Nepel

On September 27th, 2018, KNOETZL’s Bettina Knoetzl who, as the president of the Austrian Chapter of Transparency International, participated in a panel discussion on professional secrecy versus transparency.  The discussion was hosted by the Austrian Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology  (Ă–sterreichische Gesellschaft fĂĽr Strafrecht und Kriminologie) at the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior.…



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