Pharmaceuticals are big business with many companies having an international presence and extensive international markets. Developing pharmaceuticals takes time and effort, and involves considerable investment. Each drug has to pass significant regulatory hurdles in the US and internationally, and drug trials take many years. In the race to develop new, more effective drugs AI is increasingly being used.
Individual drugs can be worth hundreds of millions of dollars and so protecting them is critical. Compared with other industries, pharma companies tend to file fewer patent families, but in many more countries. The value of any given pharma patent during its term can be immense, and so individual patent applications need to be very high quality and able to stand the scrutiny of patent examiners in very many different jurisdictions. Hence, done once and done right are the calls to action, underscoring the scientific and legal acumen that must be brought to bear in procuring pharma patents.
Our team has been working on pharmaceutical patents for decades and has extensive experience of managing international portfolios in this field. Most of our attorneys have post graduate qualifications, typically PhDs, and so have high levels of technical expertise. This is invaluable in this field. SLW is a boutique IP prosecution practice, and so we are able to provide this very high level of technical and legal expertise at competitive prices.
Our work covers a wide range of subject matter including pharmaceutical formulations and delivery systems; pharmacology; vaccine development; drug delivery and design; diagnostic medicine; and personalized medicine.