Carey

The life sciences practice at legal powerhouse Carey has extensive experience in advising companies and corporations from the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, medical devices, diagnostics and food industries at both national and international levels. The group is consistently mandated to incorporate new pharmaceutical companies in Chile before the sanitary authorities, in addition to advising on sanitary registrations, compliance, defence-side administrative procedures, and product liability and data privacy matters. The ‘very solid firm’ also maintains a robust food product practice that fields professionals with expertise in infant milk formulas, food supplements and nutritional products. The team is co-led by Guillermo Carey, who advises pharmaceutical laboratories on regulatory issues and patent infringements; and life sciences, biotechnology and public law expert Ignacio Gillmore. The practice also includes counsel José Ignacio Mercado, who advises on the regulatory side of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food and medical devices. At associate level, José Santos Ossa advises on the regulatory, administrative and IP issues surrounding the health, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and medical device industries; Cristina Busquets focuses on the regulatory aspects of food and beverages, as well as animal food; Camila Suárez is an adviser on life sciences, biotechnology and public law; and Mariana Guzmán is a regulatory, pharmaceutical, biotech and public law practitioner.