Elkington + Fife LLP

UK and European patent attorney and UPC representative

Partner

Andy specialises in pharmaceuticals and nutrition.  He has experience prosecuting patent applications in many major jurisdictions and spends much of his time involved in EPO opposition and appeal proceedings representing innovative multi-national clients.  Andy has a particular interest in maximising protection for marketed pharmaceutical products and has helped coordinate a number of European-wide supplementary protection certificate (SPC) filing programs.

Prior to joining E+F, Andy ran a scientific programme at the MRC. Andy has practical experience in a full range of pre-clinical drug discovery including assay development, high-throughput screening, lead development and in vivo proof-of-concept models.  He is a Chartered Chemist and has published articles in a variety of scientific journals including Nature, Science and PNAS.

English and Spanish

Chartered Chemist

PhD – Chemistry – University of Birmingham BSc – Chemistry – University of Birmingham