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Healthcare and life sciences

William Fry LLP

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William Fry LLP has a highly developed healthcare and life sciences practice that continues to earn accolades for product liability, patent litigation, M&A transactions and regulatory matters in the life sciences space. In healthcare, it remains active in clinical, professional and product liability cases, including clinical negligence claims linked to the CervicalCheck screening programme. Laura Scott leads the life sciences team and has an outstanding record in patent disputes. Margaret Muldowney and Fiona Barry are noted for clinical negligence cases, including claims arising from the CervicalCheck programme. Mary Cooney is a key figure for product liability cases and Charleen O’Keeffe and Colette Brady are also rated for patent disputes.

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  • ‘Laura Scott and Leo Moore are brilliant. Both understand the intricacies, challenges and opportunities in the life sciences. Together their litigation and transactional skills mean they can cover all angles of IP in the life sciences sector.’

  • 'Global network. Very experienced and knowledgeable. Great with technical detail, hardworking and very professional.'

  • ‘Charleen O'Keeffe (Partner) and Florence Meagher (Senior Associate), a strong team. Very experienced and knowledgeable. They see the big picture and overall strategy, but also show great attention to each detail. Solution driven, great with technical detail, hardworking and very professional.’

Key clients

  • Clinical Pathology Laboratories
  • Medical Protection Society/Orthopaedic Surgeons
  • Eli Lilly
  • AstraZenenca AB
  • Boehringer Ingelheim
  • WaterWipes UC
  • Amgen Inc
  • Edwards Lifesciences
  • RCSI
  • Uniphar Plc

Work highlights

  • Advised Clinical Pathology Laboratories Inc, which provided services to the Irish cervical screening programme, on defending over 100 claims by women who claim a delay in diagnosis of cervical cancer as a result of allegedly misinterpreted smear slides reported as part of that programme.
  • Acted for Eli Lilly in Commercial Court proceedings for the revocation of a patent held by Novartis Pharma AG (Novartis) and in related Commercial Court infringement proceedings issued by Novartis against Eli Lilly.
  • Advised Amgen on its proposed acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics.

Lawyers

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Fiona Barry
William Fry LLP
Fiona is a Partner in William Fry’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department and head of our Clinical Advisory Group and Defamation and Media Group. She has special expertise in the defence of medical negligence actions and the representation of medical practitioners in regulatory matters. Fiona also has vast experience of defamation, privacy, social media, product safety and reputation management. In the area of defamation she has unparalleled experience of both pre and post publication for the print and TV sectors. She also holds a qualification in arbitration and is a CEDR accredited mediator.
Laura Scott
William Fry LLP
Laura Scott is a Partner in William Fry’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department specialising in intellectual property and regulatory law. Laura advises on all aspects of contentious work involving patents, trade marks, copyright, designs and confidential information and has extensive experience in large-scale litigation before the Irish Commercial Court, including complex multi-jurisdictional patent disputes. Laura also has significant experience in acting for regulators in defending judicial review actions, statutory appeals and other legal challenges. Laura has particular expertise in the pharmaceutical and medical device sector from a regulatory, commercial and intellectual property perspective. Other areas of focus include regulatory and other issues in the fields of telecommunications, broadcast media, and advertising and marketing.
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Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Margaret Muldowney, Laura Scott

Other key lawyers

Fiona Barry, Charleen O’Keeffe, Colette Brady, Mary Cooney, Florence Meagher, Leo Moore

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