Webinar Video | Life Sciences Session #2: Vaccine liability: what if vaccination goes wrong?
The ongoing vaccination campaign against Covid-19 raises the question of possible side effects and of the potential liability for damages arising from the use of vaccines used against this disease. Christophe Ronse and Lauranne Truyens highlight and discuss the various legal issues arising in such context, both from a regulatory and from a civil law viewpoint.
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