Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences

Bird & Bird

Client Satisfaction

Bird & Bird provide a complete service to its clients in the healthcare and life sciences sectors. It advises on IP, regulatory, transactional corporate, EU and competition, data protection and dispute resolution matters. Massimiliano Mostardini and Giovanni Galimberti head the practice, both focusing on IP matters affecting the sector including trademarks, copyright and unfair competition. Within the practice, Antonella De Gregori utilises her specialist knowledge in the pharmaceutical sector, and Claudia Ricciardi drafts and negotiates patent/know how licences and assignment agreements. Evelina Marchesoni and Mauro Turrini are also of note. In May 2023, Elisabetta Bandera and Rita Tardiolo were made partners.

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Testimonials

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‘They provide innovative ideas/solutions to complex issues. Teams properly formed with lawyers and patent attorneys. Good communication skills. Good timing in work delivery.’
‘Good knowledgeable team with sensible commercial advice.’
‘Giovanni Galimberti is very easy to work with and gives excellent commercial advice.’

Key clients

Alcon Italia
Astellas Pharma
Benefis
Doctolib
Fisher & Paykel
Gruppo San Donato
Heska Corporation
INCIPIT
Istituto Europeo di Oncologia
ISchema View
Kyowa Kirin Italia
Multimedica Clinical & Research Campus
Permedica
Polpharma group
San Donato Group
San Raffaele Hospital
Swiss Pharma International
Telethon Foundation

Work highlights

Assisted Instituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare in connection with the conferment of a patent in T-One Therapeutics, a newly established company in which the Utopia Fund invested.
Assisting Swiss Pharma International in invalidity proceedings before the Court of Rome, related to a patent claiming a dosage regimen of the active ingredient natalizumab for the treatment of multiple sclerosis owned by Biogen.
Assisted Gruppo San Donato in the creation of a contractual joint venture with Microsoft for the creation of an AI Center of Excellence for the development of artificial intelligence systems to treat certain type of cancers and other clinical projects.

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