In this episode of our Spotlight on Women's Health and Innovation podcast, Maria Ryan and Melissa Dix explore how patenting trends offer a window into research activities in the women’s health space. They discuss the rise in patenting of female-specific inventions, and consider female representation in patent inventorship.

You can read our full article on the same topic here.

In today's podcast, Richard Pinckney and Naoise Gaffney disseminate the key takeaways from the Supreme Court's decision in Emotional Perception AI v Comptroller General, which has brought about a seismic shift in the way that patentability of Computer Implemented Inventions is to be assessed in the UK.

This is a follow-up to Naoise's stop press article last week on the same topic. Click here to read it now.

Those working in the Femtech space have a difficult regulatory framework to navigate in the EU. For products that qualify as a medical device, the EU Medical Device Regulation imposes onerous obligations. In addition, the AI Act, as it stands, add additional regulatory requirements for devices including AI.

In this podcast Xisca Borrás and Ellie Handy discuss when software will qualify as a medical device, the regulatory obligations for devices and the challenges Femtech manufacturers may face in complying with them. They then cover the interaction between the EU MDR and AI Act, discussing how to navigate them.

In view of the European Commission’s proposal to simplify the rules applicable to medical devices, issued after the recording of this podcast, the impact of the AI Act on medical devices may change significantly in the future, so stay tuned for more updates about the changing landscape that applies to AI.