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Washington, D.C. – July 17, 2023: Crowell & Moring hosted its 24thannual George Bailey Public Service Awards ceremony. Named after the hero of the classic movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” these awards recognize the firm’s lawyers and staff who have made a substantial impact on the lives of others.

A number of important Belgian and EU legislative changes are likely to have an impact in 2024. On the one hand, there are new laws that have been adopted and will start to bite, and, on the other, there are proposals that are expected to firm up into law.

On Friday 8 December 2023, after a period of lengthy and intense negotiations, European legislators have reached a political agreement on the AI Act. Proposed by the European Commission in April 2021, the Act positions the EU as a trailblazer in regulating the groundbreaking technology of Artificial Intelligence. Although the final text is not yet available, a final political agreement on the content of the regulation has been achieved.

On April 26, 2023, the European Commission finally published its long-awaited EU Pharmaceutical Package. This Package introduces new draft legislation that would revise and replace existing EU pharmaceutical legislation in line with the Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe, which was adopted by the EU on November 25, 2020.