On 20 June 2024, a new ordinance of the Austrian minister of health regarding the stockpiling of medicinal products for human use was published in the Austrian Federal Law Gazette (BGBl II 161/2024). The purpose of this ordinance is to take preventive measures avoiding supply bottlenecks for medicinal products in Austria, ensuring sufficient supply of medicinal products at all times for the Austrian population.
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Michaela Petsche
BrowsingMichaela Petsche is a counsel in the Baker McKenzie IPTech team in the Vienna office. Michaela has almost 15 years of experience in IP litigation and advisory, in particular in the fields of trademarks, patents and (digital) copyright, with a strong European focus. Prior to joining the Firm in 2021, Michaela was a cooperation partner at one of Austria’s leading IP boutiques and an IP consultant at the Austrian headquarter of an international law firm in Vienna. Michaela already specialized on Intellectual Property law during her studies at the Universities of Vienna, Leuven / Brussels, Paris I - Sorbonne and Cornell Law School and during her court practice. Michaela is consistently recognized in the individual and/or firm rankings of Chambers Europe, the Legal 500 Europe, World Trademark Review, Managing IP, and JUVE Geistiges Eigentum (Marken- und Wettbewerbsrecht, Patentrecht) with WTR (2020) ranking her as “a go-to for critical matters, one of the most refined and dedicated attorneys in the country”.