Bas Berghuis van Woortman
Simmons & SimmonsJohan Renes, Bas Berghuis van Woortman, and Machteld Hiemstra co-head the practice at Simmons & Simmons, which is well-known for its strength in patent litigation. Renes has longstanding experience in multi-jurisdictional patent disputes, licensing matters and collaboration agreements. Hiemstra is a key name for representing pharma and biotech entities in regulatory and product liability disputes, and van Woortman is noted for his vast experience in representing biosimilar manufacturers in patent-related work. Oscar Lamme is well-versed in assisting with UPC proceedings.
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Key clients
- Alnylam
- Alcon
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Wright Medical
- Eli Lilly
- Gilead Sciences
- Lundbeck
- Terumo
- Coloplast
- Netherlands Cancer Institute
- Bayer Healthcare
- Samsung Bioepis
- DC Prime
- Seattle Genetics Inc.
- Sint Maartenskliniek
- Medicxi
- Align Technology
- Serenity Pharmaceuticals
- Médecins sans frontiers
- Unicef
- Zimmer Biomet
- Maastricht University Medical Centre+
- Plant-e
- Rhythm
- Avanzanite
- UCB
- Med-El
Work highlights
- Represented Bayer HealthCare in proceedings against Sandoz and Teva concerning the drug Xarelto.
- Represented Plant-e in infringement proceedings at the UPC in the Netherlands.
- Representing Bayer BV in matters concerning clinical trial information, in relation to patent disputes concerning Xarelto.
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Johan Renes, Bas Berghuis van Woortman, Machteld Hiemstra