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What You Need To Know About Liability Protection For COVID-19 Products

Companies developing medical countermeasures for COVID-19 need to become familiar with divergences in the liability protection offered by different countries with regard to possible safety issues that may arise when products are fast-tracked for public health reasons. By doing so they can adopt a systematic process for prospectively evaluating and managing international risks, say Dan Kracov, Lincoln Tsang and Alexander Roussanov.

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Liability should be a key concern for developers of COVID-19 products • Source: Shutterstock

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges. The rapid cross-border spread of the virus has prompted the international regulatory community to work closely together. For this reason, a consistent international approach has rightly been adopted towards collecting robust and reliable evidence to establish the safety and efficacy of medical countermeasures for COVID-19.

About The Authors

Dan Kracov, Lincoln Tsang and Alexander Roussanov are partners in, respectively, the Washington, DC, London and Brussels offices of law firm Arnold & Porter.

While the intention of the regulators is to hold such products to the usual high standards and ensure they have a favorable benefit-risk profile, the urgent need for cures and...

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