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The Cambridge office of Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP plays a key role in the firm’s life sciences practice, acting for many of the companies based in the local science and technology hub. IP, IT and commercial partner Rachel Bradley, who co-leads the multi-disciplinary group, acted as co-ordinator of the review of all European clinical trial agreements for various different research studies for Applied Molecular Transport, Inc. to govern the clinical trials it is sponsoring across Europe. Employment partner Hilary Aldred and real estate specialist Sarah Coates are key members of the practice.

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Key clients

  • The Company of Biologists Limited
  • Applied Molecular Transport, Inc
  • Fluid Pharma Ltd
  • Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
  • Enterprise Therapeutics
  • Metrion Biosciences
  • Abcam PLC
  • King’s College London
  • Synox Therapeutics
  • MitoRx Therapeutics Limited
  • 42 Technology Limited
  • Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies
  • Certis Europe B.V.
  • Birch Tree IP
  • HutanBio Limited
  • Flatiron Health, Inc.
  • Genestack Limited

Work highlights

  • Acting for Applied Molecular Transport, Inc in the review of all European clinical trial agreements. The firm instructed expert local counsel, for multiple clinical studies across Europe, interpreting the advice and seeking instructions from the client’s legal counsel. This project has been on-going for almost 3 years.
  • Advised Fluid Pharma Limited on a co-operation agreement with a contract manufacturer of GMP materials for the development Fluid Pharma's MicroCoat™ technology. Assisted Fluid Pharma with the drafting and negotiation of the agreement.
  • Advised Flatiron Health, Inc. on the impact of UK data protection, and EU GDPR requirements on Flatiron’s health-tech products.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Rachel Bradley

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Partner in the commercial, IP and IT team, with a particular specialism in the life sciences and publishing sectors.Advises clients on a broad range of non-contentious IP matters, including drafting and negotiating trade mark licences, patent and know-how licences, copyright licences, and software licences. Her practice focuses in particular on advising biotech/pharmaceutical clients on commercial agreements such as confidentiality agreements, consultancy agreements, master services agreements, material transfer agreements, manufacturing agreements and clinical trial agreements, and on advising publishing clients on author publishing agreements, site licence agreements, and other book/journal publishing agreements.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Rachel Bradley

Other key lawyers

Hilary Aldred, Sarah Coates