Gasparini, Barbosa e Freire Advogados advises on business activities involving medicines, drugs, pharmaceutical ingredients, cosmetics and health products in a sector particularly exposed to regulatory issues. The Firm provides legal and regulatory advice on measures issued by regulatory agencies, as well as advisory services and legal audits for manufacturers, distributors, importers, exporters, transport and packaging companies, pharmaceutical companies, drugstores and pharmacies, among others.
The Firm has a team equipped to advise on regulatory aspects of good practice certification, product registration, authorisations and licences. Its legal services also include drafting, reviewing and negotiating government contracts entered into with the Brazilian Ministry of Health (MS); representing clients before the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) and other government bodies and departments; and advising on administrative proceedings before ANVISA, local health surveillance authorities, municipal governments and other regulatory bodies.