The life sciences sector is one of the most highly regulated industries. These regulations pervade all aspects of the development and marketing of pharmaceutical products.
The extent of regulation together with the long development times of product poses significant challenges in balancing the interests of the licensee and licensor.
Our in depth knowledge of the sector across Europe, Asia, North America and beyond allows us to provide the best possible commercial advice enabling clients to maximise business opportunities and minimise risk. We advise companies on all aspects of commercial arrangements including strategic alliances, licensing intellectual property, marketing agreements, collaboration agreements, revenue sharing agreements and software licensing and database agreements.
Through the nature of licensing in the industry there are significant competition issues that must be taken into account in structuring commercial agreements and licensing intellectual property. All of our European offices have extensive experience in advising on EU and competition matters.