Life Sciences Transactions
and Licensing

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Trevisan & Cuonzo prides itself on its comprehensive understanding of the commercial context of intellectual property – both in terms of its enforcement and its commercial exploitation.

For research led pharmaceutical businesses, their IP portfolio is a crucial and important balance sheet item, to be both protected and exploited.

The firm reviews research and development contracts and licensing agreements, including from an antitrust perspective, for multiple clients in the Life Sciences sector. We are able to do this thanks to our in depth knowledge of the industry, the dynamics of innovation and patent strategies, complemented by antitrust know-how in the assessment of the competitive conformity of R&D and pharma licensing contracts.

Recent notable cases:

  • Assisting a leading company in the manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients, derived from plants for use in the pharmaceutical and health-food industries, in various commercial matters including master service agreements, R&D technology transfer contracts, non-disclosure agreements
  • Assisting a biopharmaceutical market-leader in the performance of the IP due diligence for the possible licensing of valuable IP assets
  • Assisting a world-leaders in the manufacturing of certain active pharmaceutical ingredients in the negotiation and review of important contracts, including supply, R&D technology transfer contracts

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