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Daniel Pavin

Daniel Pavin advises clients on a wide range of transactions involving intellectual property, technology and data.

He has extensive experience advising pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and technology companies in connection with licensing, collaborations and other strategic agreements. He also advises clients in connection with investments, fundraisings and M&A.

Daniel has a particular focus on digital transformation in the life sciences and healthcare sectors, including digital health transactions, and data-driven and AI drug discovery and development projects.

Daniel is one of the leaders of Covington’s global, multidisciplinary Digital Health Initiative, which brings together the firm’s considerable resources across the broad array of legal, regulatory, commercial, and policy issues relating to the development and exploitation of digital health products and services.

Chambers UK (2024) notes, "Daniel Pavin has very strong legal and commercial acumen." "Daniel Pavin is very knowledgeable about life sciences and the data and digital areas. He sits where tech and life sciences come together." "He is incredibly knowledgeable. He is very inclusive and happy to draw colleagues into conversations."

Prior to his legal career, Daniel worked as a computer programmer, developing microscope image processing software. He is the co-inventor of a patented invention in the field of social network analytics.

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On December 23, 2020, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published its inception impact assessment (“Inception Impact Assessment”) of policy options for establishing a European Health Data Space (“EHDS”).  The Inception Impact Assessment is open for consultation until February 3, 2021, encouraging “citizens and stakeholders” to “provide views on the Commission’s understanding of the current situation, problem and possible solutions”.
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In this final instalment of our series of blogs on the European Commission’s plans for AI and data, announced on 19 February 2020, we discuss some potential effects on companies in the digital health sector. As discussed in our previous blog posts (here, here and here), the papers published by the European Commission cover broad concepts and apply generally — but, in places, they specifically mention healthcare and medical devices.

The Commission recognizes the important role that AI and big data analysis can play in improving healthcare, but also notes the specific risks that could arise given the effects that such new technologies may have on individuals’ health, safety, and fundamental rights. The Commission also notes that existing EU legislation already affords a high level of protection for individuals, including through medical devices laws and data protection laws. The Commission’s proposals therefore focus on addressing the gap between these existing rules and the residual risks that remain in respect of new technologies. Note that the Commission’s proposals in the White Paper on AI are open for public consultation until 19 May 2020.Continue Reading European Commission’s Plans for AI and Data: Focus on Digital Health (Part 4 of 4)