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Mgr. Peter Marenčák
Mgr. Peter Marenčák
Managing Associate / Attorney-at-law

Attorney and specialist in pharmaceutical and medical law (Life Sciences) with almost 15 years of experience in this field. He also provides legal advisory services in the areas of commercial and civil law, competition law and real estate law.


Education

2009 Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law, Master's Degree (Mgr.)

2011 University of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of Economics and Finance, Bachelor's Degree (Bc.)


Membership in organizations

2014 Slovak Bar Association


Projects

Medicinal Products and Medical Devices

• comprehensive legal advisory services for numerous domestic and supranational pharmaceutical companies, manufacturers and suppliers of the medical devices in specific areas of pharmaceutical legal regulation in the Slovak Republic (with an emphasis on Market Access, Compliance, Regulatory Affairs, Medical Affairs, distribution, advertising and marketing of the medicinal products and medical devices), including contractual and litigation agenda.

• legal advisory services for prominent Slovak associations of medicinal products and medical devices suppliers and healthcare providers, including participation in commenting on and drafting legislative proposals on behalf of the pharmaceutical sector,

• legal advisory services in categorisation procedures, successful inclusion of many highly innovative medicinal products, medical devices and special medical materials into the categorisation system in the Slovak Republic, determination of reimbursement, officially set prices, indication and prescription restrictions for medicinal products and medical devices, and conclusion of managed entry agreements on the terms and conditions of reimbursement of medicinal products.

• legal representation of global pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers in court proceedings seeking to overturn unlawful regulatory decisions regarding the classification of medicinal products and medical devices,

• legal representation of clients in court proceedings for damages caused by an unlawful decision of a public authority regarding the classification of a medicinal product,

• legal advisory services in the prevention of the illegal parallel import and export of medicinal products,

• legal advisory services on specific reimbursement cases for non-categorised medicines,

• legal advisory services on the ethical rules of the pharmaceutical sector (AIFP, EFPIA, ADL, GENAS, SK+MED, MedTech Europe) and the various forms of interaction between the pharmaceutical and medical sectors (professional events, grants, clinical trials, etc.).

Healthcare Providers and Healthcare

• legal advisory services for healthcare institutions, pharmacies and medical equipment distributors in the area of legal regulation of their position and activity and legal relations arising from the provision of health care to patients,

• legal representation of healthcare providers in proceedings before supervisory authorities (Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic, State Institute for Drug Control, Self-governing Region, Health Care Surveillance Authority) and health insurance companies.

• legal advisory services on the (mis)provision of healthcare.

Competition

• advisory services for clients on issues relating to competition, concentration and antitrust law,

Real Estate

• legal advisory services on the transfer of land, buildings and apartments and legal representation of clients in zoning, building and land registry proceedings,

• legal representation in the area of expropriation and forced restriction of land ownership.


Legal advisory services provided in:

Slovak, English and German language 


25.03.2024  
The process of entry of innovative medicines into Slovakia takes up to a year
According to the law, the Ministry of Health has to decide on the inclusion of an innovative treatment in the categorisation list within 180 days of receipt of a complete application. However, the who...