Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas’ interdisciplinary life sciences group sits within the firm’s wider regulatory law practice and focuses on IP, sanitary registrations, health permits,and other regulatory matters. Distinguished by its ability to plug into its extensive international network, the team is a popular choice to advise multinational clients, including companies in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and food and beverage sectors. The department is led jointly by Luz Helena Adarve — who also heads the intellectual property, and privacy and cybersecurity practices — and Juanita Acosta, who specialises in IP, privacy, and consumer protection. Since research concluded, the practice has been strengthened with the September 2023 hire of former Posse Herrera Ruiz senior associate Mónica Bonnett as a partner
Key clients
- Inmunotek
- Actavis Group – Islandia
- Instituto Grifols
- Grifols Therapeutics
- Medion Grifols Diagnostic
- Bavaria & Cia
- Grifols Colombia
- Health Net
- JSS Medical Research Latam
- Laboratorios Baxter
- Zambon Colombia
- Teva Pharmaceuticals Colombia
Work highlights
- Advised Instituto Grifols on the pharmacological evaluation and renewal of one of its products before the Specialised Chamber of Medicines and Biological Products of INVIMA.
- Advised Medion Grifols Diagnostics on the technical and legal review of documents for application and obtaining the renewal of health registrations before the Sanitary Authority (INVIMA).
- Represented Inmunotek on its request for the renewal of the product ALXOID DUO ÁCAROS before INVIMA.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Juanita Acosta, Luz Helena Adarve