Pharma/Life Sciences

About

Provided by Bird & Bird

With more than 280 experts worldwide and a wealth of experience working with life sciences companies and regulatory bodies, our clients choose us as their strategic partner to help them tackle some of their most complex legal challenges.

In France, our team of 25 lawyers, including 6 partners & 1 counsel, is one of the largest in the sector and supports all players in the sector, including pharmas, start-ups (biotechs, medtechs, healthtech), university spin-out, financial institutions, hospitals, public organisations, equipment manufacturers, retailers, & Clinical research organisations.

Multidisciplinary assistance

Our expertise is based on the need to understand the scientific, ethical & commercial challenges faced by companies & organisations in the sector and to take account of these in a pragmatic and commercial way in the support we provide to our clients. Most of our lawyers are qualified scientists and/or have worked in industry & regulatory bodies before becoming lawyers. Their expertise & know-how mean that they are regularly involved in large-scale international projects & disputes.

We guide our clients through incorporation, development and financing, intellectual property exploitation and portfolio management, regulatory and contractual issues, clinical trials and obtaining marketing authorisation through a unique offering of skills in IP, corporate, regulatory, AI, data protection, licensing & commercial transactions, EU & competition, employment and tax law.