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Sérvulo & Associados

Life Sciences

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Sérvulo & Associados

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SÉRVULO's Life Sciences team has in-depth knowledge of drug's, medical devices or other health products life cycle, enabling it to provide specialised advice at all stages, including research and development of new products and their respective intellectual property issues, data protection, regulation and inherent litigation.

SÉRVULO provides legal advisory services in all regulatory aspects relating to medicines, medical devices, cosmetics or other health products or technologies. The firm’s know-how involves matters such as the granting of manufacturing authorizations, marketing authorizations (AIMs) or special, exceptional or export authorizations. Matters of price and reimbursement of medicines or other health technologies have also a great deal of relevance.

The opening of the market to generic medicines has also brought new challenges in the intellectual property field. SÉRVULO's team has been at the forefront of legal advice to the pharmaceutical industry associations and also to large multinationals in the pharmaceutical sector on topics related to the blockbusters of the pharmaceutical industry, the end of patents and associated litigation. 

SÉRVULO also regularly advises clients of Life Sciences who invest in R&D in matters of hiring multidisciplinary teams and protection of corporate intellectual property, clinical trials and data protection associated with patient care programs.

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Life Sciences - Portugal

Band 1

Band 1


What the Team is Known For

Sérvulo & Associados has a notable practice housing a respected life sciences team which regularly assists leading generics clients with patent infringement and invalidity disputes. The law firm also advises pharmaceutical clients on clinical trials and EU regulatory matters, as well as on legislation around the use of biological materials and human embryos. The team is experienced in representing clients in injunction proceedings.

Strengths

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  • Sérvulo & Associados provides excellent assistance and its lawyers are very skilled and cooperative.

    Life Sciences respondentEurope
  • As well as being technically very good, the law firm is a real partner to us.

    Life Sciences respondentEurope

Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 3Mariana Costa Pinto
    Band 3Mariana Costa Pinto

    Mariana Costa Pinto

    Mariana Costa Pinto is well placed to advise on generic medicine mandates, including patent infringement and marketing issues.
    • Mariana Costa Pinto is highly skilled and very proactive.

      Life Sciences respondentEurope

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