Chambers’ Global-wide Life Sciences research includes international law firms that handle a broad spectrum of matters relating to the life sciences and pharmaceutical industry. The firms featured may handle certain elements of, or all stages of a product’s life-cycle. Transactional work covered in this section includes M&A involving life sciences entities, licensing and collaboration agreements, capital raising and IPO’s. A wide range of regulatory mandates are also covered, such as those relating to clinical trials, labelling and market authorisations. Contentious proceedings relating to the life sciences space are also covered in this section, including disputes relating to product liability and medical devices. A number of the firms that feature also offer intellectual property and patent litigation capabilities. The section incorporates the representation of big pharma, early stage companies, medical device manufacturers and biotech clients.
