Brian Chapman is US-born, but his role as ZS principal has seen him spend many years living in Switzerland and working with European clients.
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ZS principal Brian Chapman tells In Vivo what is troubling the global medtech industry at the turn of 2025, and takes the opportunity to chide the EU for its persistent fixation on taking on the “problem that did not need to be solved.”
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Germany’s Union parties may have little alternative than to bring the SPD into a new four-year coalition, says Clifford Chance partner and life sciences legal expert Gunnar Sachs. Health policy will likely see both textural and structural changes.
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