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Life Sciences Practice
Group Leader: Bill
Wofford
Hutchison Law Group provides legal counsel and networking assistance
to many life sciences companies, most of them bringing improved
health care products and services to the public. Our life sciences
practices group is competitive with similar legal practices
around the country in terms of value delivered, capabilities
and sophistication. Hutchison Law Group's concentrated work in
life sciences in the Research Triangle area has been the key
factor in our high life sciences profile and achievements.
Our Clients
Hutchison Law Group clients are engaged in the following
life science businesses, among others:
- Synthesizing and testing novel chemical compounds
- Developing advanced technologies for drug screening
- Providing tools to automate drug discovery
- Developing genetic tests for personalized medicine
- Providing preclinical and clinical trial services
- Developing prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines
- Creating novel devices and systems for drug delivery
- Developing improved surgical devices
- Developing radiation monitoring devices
- Conducting diagnostic tests
- Supplying advanced imaging hardware and software
- Providing regulatory compliance software and services
- Manufacturing and distributing prescription and over
the counter medicines
- Marketing pharmaceutical products
- Providing staffing and management services for healthcare
providers
- Producing software to improve medical claims management
Hutchison Law Group often begins working
with entrepreneurs throughout the Southeast at the inception
of their companies. We help clients transform innovative technologies
into real-world dynamic companies and often serve each client
continually until it becomes part of a much larger organization.
We also assist larger U.S. and international companies expand
their life sciences businesses through patent prosecution,
corporate partnerships and acquisitions. Our hallmark behavior
is our determination to develop partnerships with clients,
assisting them in ways that reach well beyond conventional
legal counsel.
Our Services
Our work with life science companies is concentrated in five
areas:
- Launching new companies based on novel intellectual property
and technology
- Capturing and protecting intellectual property through
patent, trademark and other means
- Raising capital to fund research, development and commercialization
- Structuring and negotiating licenses and other commercial
partnerships
- Achieving shareholder liquidity through public offerings
and negotiated mergers and acquisitions
Our attorneys have the legal and transactional experience to
assist clients make operational and strategic decisions
to build and capture value. The life sciences group builds
value by helping to acquire, develop and manage patent estates.
We help clients maximize value by structuring transactions
to capitalize on intellectual property. We are adept at negotiating
and closing deals and thoroughly enjoy achieving these successes
on behalf of our business partners.
We regularly represent clients in the preparation, review,
and negotiation of a wide variety of agreements, including
the following:
 Patent
license |
Process
chemistry |
| Collaboration |
Distribution |
| Research |
Manufacturing
and supply agreements |
| Material
transfer |
Chemical
synthesis |
| Technology
transfer |
Strategic alliance |
| Drug
discovery |
Confidentiality |
| Drug
development |
Settlement |
Our attorneys also advise life science companies on public
and private securities law and regulatory matters, venture
capital, loan and other financings, government and foundation
grants and contracts, mergers and acquisitions, employment
and other general corporate matters. Our trademark attorneys
help protect brand portfolios through trademark and domain
name selection and protection, and copyright applications.
Our patent attorneys also conduct due diligence, freedom-to-operate
analysis, and product clearances.
We are active members of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development,
Licensing Executives Society, North Carolina Biosciences Organization
and the American Bar Association's Biotechnology Committee.
We support the North Carolina Biotechnology
Center, the Southeastern Life Sciences Association and university
technology commercialization initiatives throughout the Southeast. |
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