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Law for Health and Life

At the intersection of law, health and the living environment

Anniek de Ruijter in De Volkskrant ‘The conservative nature of the law protects us’

In an interview in De Volkskrant section ‘Het Ideaal’ with Anniek de Ruijter of Law for Health and Life on 27 February, she describes where her commitment to women’s rights and health law comes from.

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Research: Katrina Perehudoff discusses global access to medicines for persons with disabilities

Dr. Katrina Perehudoff (Law for Health & Life, UvA) spoke in February 2026 at two events about her research on leveraging the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to clarify the EU's legal responsibi

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Meet our new Research Assistant Isabel Benedict

We are delighted to welcome Isabel Benedict as Research Assistant at Law for Health and Life. With a background in international law, she researches responsible and legally sound AI applications in digital health.

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Publication James Hazel and Mahsa Sahbani: The use of the EHDS in non-EU coutries

James Hazel and Mahsa Shabani from Law for Health and Life together with Patricia Cervera de la Cruz, LLM and I. Glenn Cohen have published a new article in NEJM AI on the launch of the European Health Data Space (EHDS).

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Legal tools that lower medicines prices have expanded access to medicines for over two decades, research reveals

Katrina Perehudoff (LHL), co-authored a new article published in BMJ Global Health. The research, conducted by Medicines Law & Policy, examines how legal tools within the framework of the World Trade Organization ...

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The European Health Data Space: an opportunity to strengthen citizen rights and engage citizens in health data governance

A recent publication in Frontiers in Medicine, co-authored by LHL member Mahsa Shabani, reports on a qualitative interview study with health data experts from 23 European countries, examining how the European Health ...

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Implementation of the European health data space

A recent publication in Health Policy, co-authored by Mahsa Shabani, reports on a qualitative study based on interviews with health data experts from 23 European countries, exploring expectations around the ...

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Pharmaceutical governance system for costly drugs through human rights due diligence

Katrina Perehudoff co-authored a new publication in The BMJ examining how a human rights due diligence framework could strengthen pharmaceutical governance and improve access to costly new drugs.

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'Regulating FemTech' guest lecture by dr. Catriona McMillan (Edinburgh)

On November 14, 2025, Law for Health and Life, in collaboration with the Institute for Information Law (IViR), hosted a thought-provoking guest lecture by Dr. Catriona (Katy) McMillan (University of Edinburgh) on ...

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LHL's Pramiti Parwani defends her PhD dissertation cum laude

On 12 November, 2025, Pramiti Parwani successfully defended her PhD dissertation with cum laude, titled “State Capabilities of Least-Developed Countries to Access Pandemic Vaccines: EU and India's Legal and ...

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Our 2025 conference - Building Bridges for Medicines Justice - a success

From October 28-29, 2025, over 130 participants attended our 2025 annual conference, “Building Bridges for Medicines Justice” at the University of Amsterdam.

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New Publication from LHL: Trust, European regulatory influence and global access to medicines

New research by Dr. Pramiti Parwani (University of Warwick/LHL), Dr. Katrina Perehudoff (LHL) and Prof. Anniek de Ruijter (LHL), published in the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, explores how the EMA and EPO build “tec

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