Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare


With over a decade of experience advising the largest companies in the sector, Sayenko Kharenko has a strong competitive edge. This includes an unmatched understanding of the industry and the dynamics that drive it, together with a network of business contacts within the industry and strong working relations with Ukrainian regulators.

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General info

Sayenko Kharenko’s multidisciplinary group advises clients across the full breadth of issues related to developing, importing, manufacturing and marketing pharmaceuticals and medical products in Ukraine.

We customarily assist both national and international clients on the most challenging sector-specific issues:

  • regulatory issues applicable to the pharmaceutical sector in Ukraine
  • anti-corruption and compliance
  • customs related issues
  • public procurement proceedings
  • antitrust and competition
  • IP matters (contentious and non-contentious)
  • commercial agreements including licensing, research and development
  • corporate and transactional needs (financings, M&A transactions, etc.)
  • dispute resolution
  • advertising and promotion of pharmaceuticals and medical products
  • personal data protection

We have worked on deals involving some of the largest Ukrainian and international companies, including: Abbott, AbbVie, Actavis, Bausch & Lomb, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Borshchagivskiy chemical-pharmaceutical plant, Dentsply Sirona, Eli Lilly, Ferrosan, Gerot Pharmazeutika, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Novartis, Nycomed, Obagi Medical Products, Ostrov Juice, Pfizer, Perrigo, Reckitt Benckiser Household & Healthcare, Sanofi, Sigma-Aldrich, Solvay, Ukrmedpack, Unique Pharma, Valeant Pharmaceuticals, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Zentiva and others.

Recognition

Recommended for Pharmaceuticals / Medicine & Healthcare
Ukrainian Law Firms 2017, Yuridicheskaya Practika

Media & Insight Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare

22 December 2023
On 21 December 2023, the Ukrainian parliament has passed the Law legalising the medical cannabis market and establishing the framework for its operation
03 November 2021

Projects

Sayenko Kharenko secured victory for OLFA (Ukraine) in an international arbitration case for recovery of approximately EUR 3 million in damages from Olainfarm (Latvia)
26 March 2021

Projects

Sayenko Kharenko advises Horizon Capital on the sale of its minority stake in Dobrobut
07 September 2020

Projects

Sayenko Kharenko serves as Ukrainian antitrust counsel to AbbVie in its USD 63 billion acquisition of Allergan
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