Michał Czarnuch is an advocate admitted to practice in Poland, a partner in the corporate department of Rymarz Zdort Maruta and the co-head of the Life Sciences practice.
He is one of Poland’s most prominent lawyers practising in the broadly defined field of healthcare law. He specialises in administrative law, in particular pharmaceutical law and laws governing medical devices, medicine and advertising, as well as European and competition law, and compliance in cases involving allegations of corruption. He advises clients from the pharmaceutical and FMCG industries (including with respect to alcohol and tobacco products) on advertising and promotional activities, reimbursement, distribution, labelling and manufacturing, and quality control.
He provides advice on the establishment of distribution and marketing systems for medicinal products, matters related to healthcare systems, including the financing of healthcare services, the establishment and restructuring of healthcare providers, telemedicine, and health insurance.
He has been involved in a number of legislative processes, including the development of healthcare laws and the drafting of opinions and reports on the functioning of such laws. He is one of the originators of the Telemedicine Working Group and a member of the management board of the Telemedicine Working Group Foundation. He advises on projects related to outsourcing and access to medical data in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and the Centre for Health Information Systems (CSIOZ), where he is a member of the Interoperability Council. He also serves as a member of the Advisory Team to the Senate Committee on Health.
He is a graduate of the Faculty of Law of the University of Warsaw. He was admitted to the bar in 2014. Since 2017, he has lectured in a postgraduate studies programme titled “Management in the pharmaceutical sector” organised by Lazarski University.
Since 2012, he has been continuously recommended by Chambers Europe as one of the top Life Sciences legal practitioners in Poland. Clients rate his hands-on approach, one describing him as ‘pragmatic and solutions-oriented’.
The Legal 500 has named Michał Czarnuch as a leading individual in the fields of Healthcare and Life Sciences.
14 March 2024
We are going for a record! We are pleased to announce that in this year’s edition of the Chambers and Partners Europe ranking, nine of our practices have been ranked and as many as 21 lawyers have bee...
9 November 2023
The law firm of Rymarz Zdort Maruta, in line with its strategy, is continuing its dynamic growth by expanding the scope of support it provides to also cover the Life Sciences sector. Over the coming m...