Work Department

Intellectual property

Position

James’ practice focuses on European Patent Office (EPO) prosecution and opposition work in the life sciences sector. He also has extensive experience with supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) and has prosecuted SPC applications covering a number of blockbuster drugs.

Education

James has a master’s degree in biochemistry and a doctorate on the biochemistry of heart disease, both from Oxford University. James also conducted post-doctoral research at Université Paris-XI on cardiac disease. He is an author of several peer-reviewed papers on this subject.

Recent work