Pharmaceutical
Group at a Glance
- 19 members
- Members' backgrounds include: Biochemistry, Biology, Epidemiology, Medical Biophysics, Neuroscience, Oncology, Psychobiology, and Toxicology
What Matters to Our Clients
Deep Understanding of Technology and Industry Insight
From first-hand experience, we understand the supreme importance of patents to pharmaceutical companies. Provisioned with attorneys who have both conducted research at and represented pharmaceutical giants and start-ups alike, our group also understands the interaction of patents with a range of FDA issues such as: patent term extinctions, Orange Book listing requirements, and ANDA (Abbreviated New Drug Application) litigation.
Our clients appreciate working with a team that has the scientific training to grasp complex matters quickly. Most of our members have PhDs, and two have medical degrees. Academic areas include: organic chemistry, chemical biology, chemical engineering, molecular biology, biochemistry, medical biophysics, molecular genetics, toxicology, and epidemiology.
Broad Base of Experience
Intellectual property law directly shapes the business of our pharmaceutical clients. Their lifeblood is derived from maximizing the terms of their patents, and the industry’s emphasis on trademarks is perhaps second only to that of the consumer products industry.
While many law firms choose to specialize their pharmaceutical IP practice on one area or type of customer profile, our clients value the agility and creativity that our group offers. Big pharma or start-up, branded or generic, active ingredient or finished product, we have the experience to thoroughly address our clients’ requirements.
Services of our Pharmaceutical Group include: due diligence; license negotiation; development, prosecution, and attack of patent and trademark portfolios; litigating priority of inventorship in interferences; counseling clients on strategic planning issues, lifecycle management; obtaining patent term extensions, Orange Book listing strategies, and ANDA litigation.
Areas of Expertise
Examples of our group's areas of expertise include:
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Progenics Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Shire Pharmaceuticals
August 2008 - Wolf Greenfield wins three more years of patent protection for Shire Pharmaceuticals' ELAPRASE treatment
Q&A Booklet - Patents
