Despite the turmoil and disruption of 2020, plaintiffs’ lawyers and courts appear to have adapted readily to our “new normal.” Although at lower rates than previous years, plaintiffs’ firms continued to file securities class actions against publicly traded pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and healthcare product and services companies in 2020,…
Given the breadth of clinical-stage companies that the Goodwin FDA and Healthcare teams advise, our regulatory attorneys together with our commercial contracting, products liability and insurance attorneys play an integral role in counseling clinical-stage companies on matters related to the conduct of clinical trials. Learn more about our…
COVID-19 put into perspective the importance of the pharma industry to the global economy. Goodwin London Life Sciences partner Andrew Harrow reflects on 2020’s impact on the pharma sector, particularly biotech, and discusses what 2021 might look like for industry deals and investment. Full article here.
Goodwin’s 2nd Annual Goodwin + KPMG @ JPMorgan Symposium kicked off Day Two of our Symposium with an overview of the effects of the pandemic on the biopharma market by Dale Raine, Managing Director and Co-Head of the European Healthcare Investment Banking at Lazard in conversation with Goodwin Life Sciences…
Goodwin held the 2nd Annual Goodwin +KPMG @ JPMorgan Symposium on Wednesday, January 27th and Thursday, January 28th. The Symposium kicked off with industry luminary, Noubar Afeyan, Chairman and Co-Founder of Moderna sitting down for a fireside chat with Vice Chairman, Global Chair of M+A and Goodwin partner, Stuart Cable….
Idenix’s Pharmaceuticals’ patent (U.S. Patent No. 7,608,597) was invalidated for having a genus that was “too broad.” The trial judge ruled that the patent did not enable a person of skill in the art to select a single compound from the “billions and billions” of compounds encompassed by the genus….
On February 3, 2021 Goodwin FDA Regulatory partner, Julie Tibbets, Products Litigation + Counseling partner, Nilda Isidro, and Risk Management & Insurance counsel Brian Mukherjee discussed what drug and biologic companies with late-stage product candidates can do to best position their products to mitigate the risks that come with transitioning from clinical trials to…
