07/08/2026
Week of August 3 to 7, 2026 This week had two centers of gravity. At the Supreme Court, the trial began on whether the criminal ban on games of chance still stands, and it ended adjourned, with an important message for the industry. In the Executive branch, the government is preparing an ordinance that changes …
07/08/2026
On August 5, 2026, ANVISA’s Collegiate Board of Directors (DICOL) unanimously decided to initiate administrative regulatory proceedings to review the rules on food and medicine advertising, including RDC 96/2008, which governs advertising, publicity, information, and other practices for the dissemination or commercial promotion of medicines, and RDC 24/2010, concerning food advertising. The decision was made …
31/07/2026
Week of July 27 to 31, 2026 The week had two main threads. On the tax side, the Federal Revenue Service gave operators good news by defining the basis on which PIS and Cofins apply. On the regulatory side, the government opened the public consultation that will rewrite the market’s entry rules. Add to that …
27/07/2026
1. Introduction The National Program for Radical Innovation in Health (Programa Nacional de Inovação Radical em Saúde – PNIRS) was established within the Ministry of Health through Ordinance GM/MS No. 11,921, dated July 3, 2026, which amends Consolidation Ordinance GM/MS No. 5/2017. Its objective is to expand Brazil’s national capacity to develop strategic health technologies, …
24/07/2026
Week of July 20 to 24, 2026 It was a busy week at the federal level. The Secretariat of Prizes and Betting opened a public consultation to review the authorization rules, the market gained its first official figures for 2026, and advertising returned to center stage, with an administrative fine and a court-ordered suspension in …
21/07/2026
On 20 July 2026, the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, enacted Law No. 15,471/2026, which established the National Health Strategy for the Health Economic-Industrial Complex (Estratégia Nacional de Saúde do Complexo Econômico-Industrial da Saúde – ENSCEIS). Its purpose is to strengthen domestic production of products, inputs, technologies, medicines, equipment and materials that …
20/07/2026
The INPI (Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office) published on July 7th, 2026 INPI/PR Normative Ordinance No. 81, dated July 1, 2026. This ordinance updates the Regulatory Agenda of the INPI for the 2026–2028 period and becomes effective on the date of its publication. Under the section covering matters to be developed through public calls for …
17/07/2026
It was a week of regulatory tightening on several fronts. New mandatory warnings on betting ads took effect, the SPA/MF barred betting on youth (academy) sport categories, a court ordered an operator suspended for failing to control access by minors, and yet another city restricted advertising. In Congress, new bills poured in. Below are the …
10/07/2026
Week of July 6 to 10, 2026 It was a week of tightening on every front. The Ministry of Finance unveiled tougher rules for betting advertising – including mandatory warnings modeled on those for cigarettes –, notified dozens of fintechs tied to the illegal market, and saw Congress speed up bills ranging from targeted restrictions …
03/07/2026
On Tuesday, June 30, 2026, INPI (Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office) published Normative Ordinance INPI/PR No. 80, dated June 29, 2026, updating the Examination Guidelines for Patent Applications in the Field of Chemistry regarding the chapter on new uses of known products. Given the importance of the subject, we present a structured summary below: 1. …