The legal rules applying to advertising medicines in Germany resemble a jungle. While a Medical Products Advertising Act (hereafter the Act) has been put in place, which concentrates on rules...Read more
Thorsten Witt
Corporate Counsel, Celesio, Germany
Biography: 1972: Born near Stuttgart (GER)
1992 - 1997: Studied law at universities of Tübingen (GER) and Leiden (NL)
1998: First German state exam and diploma of laws (Hons)
1998 - 2000: Legal trainee at law firms, courts and government authorities
2000: Second German state exam
2000: Admitted to the Stuttgart bar as a registered German lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) 2000 - today: Corporate Counsel in the central legal department of Celesio AG. Responsible for IP matters
2008: Examination as a certified IP lawyer (Fachanwalt für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz)