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Chambers Review

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Life Sciences - Asia-Pacific Region

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Band 1

What the Team is Known For

DLA Piper maintains a sizeable team with a full life sciences offering which includes coverage of anti-corruption, compliance, clinical trials, IP, regulatory and competition law issues. It is particularly respected for its skilled handling of patent litigation, including infringement, amendment, revocation and enforcement for major pharmaceutical companies. The firm is also noted for its experience handling high-value cross-border transactional matters and commercialisation matters. The team acts for a broad range of biotech, healthcare, pharmaceutical and vaccine companies and has impressive geographical coverage, with offices in Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand.

Notable practitioners

Nicholas Tyacke and Sammy Fang are main contacts for the life sciences practice, based in Sydney and Singapore respectively.

Work Highlights

  • DLA Piper acted for Neurim in patent infringement and revocation proceedings in the Federal Court relating to Neurim’s patent that covers its unique prolonged release melatonin product.

Strengths

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