Discussion on the Regulation of the Pharmaceutical Industry: the IPNet group
On March 22, the Skolkovo Foundation together with the Institute for Law and Development organised a discussion on the problems in the field of intellectual property and competition in pharma. The event was another in a series of discussions conducted by the working group IPNet NTI, developing steps to change the regulatory environment for IP.
The Institute & the Roundtable for Medicine Patents
On February 19, 2016, Rospatent held a roundtable on "the Patenting of Medicines and Methods of Treatment: whether or not the balance of interests is respected".
Alexey Ivanov on "The Russian Presidency of BRICS: Results of Cooperation Between Competition Authorities"
February 18 saw a press conference held at the offices of Rossiya Segodnya with the participation of FAS leadership and the Director of the Institute for Law and Development.
The Institute at the Conference "Law in Digital Age"
On 23 November, the Institute held a roundtable on "Antitrust Regulation in the Digital Age".
Seminar: "Competition Law and Policy in the Food Value Chain: Is there a Call for a BRICS Competition Law Paradigm?”
On November 14th in the framework of the Antitrust BRICS Conference in South Africa, the Institute for Law and Development, in collaboration with UCL and with the University of Cape Town, held a workshop on the implementation of competitive practices in the food sector, and discussed the prospects for the development of competition policy of the BRICS countries in other economic areas.
The Institute at the 4th BRICS Antitrust Conference
November 12th saw the opening of the two-day conference of competition authorities of the BRICS countries in Durban, South Africa, under the theme of 'Competition and Inclusive Growth'. On the first day of the conference, the leaders of the Institute – Director Alexey Ivanov, and Leading Researcher Ioannis Lianos – spoke at the session "Research and Support for Competition Policy: the Role of the Academic Institutions of BRICS".
The Head of the Brazilian Antitrust Service Holds a Practical Competition Session
Special guest of the Institute, Commissioner of Brazil's Council for Economic Defence (CADE), Professor Mario de Oliveira Júnior, along with Ioannis Lianos, Chief Researcher at the HSE-Skolkovo Institute for Law and Development, together held a practical discussion session on the direction of development of antitrust in BRICS countries.
BRICS Competition Authority Heads Back Institute Project
On the second day of Competition Week, September 22, at a meeting of the heads of the antitrust authorities of BRICS countries, Alexey Ivanov and Ioannis Lianos spoke about the recent experience in running a pilot project to optimise the operation and regulation of the food industry in BRICS countries.
Institute Project Presented at the Competition Week of the BRICS Antitrust Authorities
Head of the Institute Alexey Ivanov and Head of Research Initiatives Ioannis Lianos on the first day of the international 'Russian Competition Week' presented an Institute project to BRICS delegates on the topic of global food chains. The meeting was moderated by the Deputy Head of the Federal Antimonopoly service Andrey Tsyganov, who noted the special importance of competition in socially important markets and the importance of the BRICS to food security.