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Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Issues Committee
The Committee will advise the IPO Board of Directors regarding legislative changes, patent office policies, regulatory issues and judicial decisions affecting the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, and the plant biotechnology industry, both in the U.S. and internationally. This includes pharmaceuticals and biologics subject to the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act (the Hatch-Waxman Act), the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (the BPCIA Act), Plant Patent Act (PPA) and Plant Variety Protection (PVP), and counterpart laws and regulations in the U.S. and other jurisdictions. The Committee’s primary goal is to review proposed legislative and regulatory initiatives and proactively submit comments and recommendations to the Board that not only reflect the proper balance between generic drug/biosimilar entry and maintaining strong incentives for the innovation, development, and protection of new pharmaceutical products but also support agri-biotech innovation, and innovation in biotechnology overall. A secondary goal of the Committee is to monitor and comment upon judicial decisions and proposed patent practice changes for the education and benefit of IPO members. Both goals will be supported by encouraging and enhancing collaboration among Committee members, through sub-committees, and by reaching out to other IPO Committees to gain insights and knowledge from various industries.
Chair:Raymond Doss, Amgen, Inc.
Chair:Daniela Gill-Carey, Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd
Chair:J Jason Galvez, Johnson & Johnson
Vice Chair:Adrian Trioli, Adrian M Trioli - Intellectual Property
Vice Chair:Mercedes K. Meyer, Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
Secretary:David Hammond, Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP
Board Liaison:Jamie Davis, Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
Staff Liaison:Samantha Grover, Intellectual Property Owners Association
Members
- Yoko AkizawaTakeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
- Ratib AliCompetition Dynamics Inc.
- Ursula Trindade De AlmeidaDannemann Siemsen
- Isabel ÁlvarezHerrero & Asociados
- Timothy J. BabcockAkros Pharma Inc.
- Jennifer BachorikThe Marbury Law Group, PLLC
- Jamie BarcombeFinnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Aaron F. BarkoffEli Lilly and Co.
- Markus BergauerAmgen, Inc.
- Alexander BerneFoley Hoag LLP
- Simon BradburyWithers & Rogers LLP
- Michael H. Brodowski, Ph.D.Cantor Colburn LLP
- Christina E. BruleHeslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC
- Jennifer Robichaux CarterBaker Botts LLP
- Jennifer J. ChhedaJones Day
- Laura ChubbOrganon
- Linnea CiprianoGoodwin Procter, LLP
- Luiza CotiaRNA Law
- Justin CulbertsonKnobbe Martens
- Chris De MaunyBird & Bird LLP
- Denise DeFrancoJohnson & Johnson
- Tamaria DewdneyMerck & Co Inc.
- Liliana Di Nola-BaronPanitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP
- Evan DiamondMintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Garreth DuncanHGF Limited
- Ikenna C. EjimonyeugwoPanitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP
- Andrea Lynn EvensenSolventum
- Kent FaganExelixis
- Matthew FletcherAbel & Imray
- Michael L. FullerKnobbe Martens
- Sneha GandhiObhan Mason
- David A. GassMarshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
- Paul GolianBristol Myers Squibb Company
- Elsa B. GonzalezOlarteMoure & Asociados
- Linda GovenlockAllens
- Eric GreenwaldMerck & Co Inc.
- Philippa GriffinMathys & Squire LLP
- Felicity E. GrothBakerHostetler
- Ryan P. HilerTaft Law
- Robert Joseph HiltonKnobbe Martens
- Erica HinesHeslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC
- Loren HulseHolland & Hart LLP
- Sean JacksonCassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
- Sanjay JivrajEli Lilly and Co.
- Paul JorgensenNorton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
- Robert J. KajubiBristol Myers Squibb Company
- Eddy KaoESSEN Patent and Trademark Office
- Laura KehoeKeltie LLP
- Karen KellerShaw Keller LLP
- Ronald KernBakerHostetler
- Dhohyung KimTaft Law
- Oliver William KingsburyElkington & Fife LLP
- Yu-An KOTai E International Patent & Law Office
- Fei KOUNTD LAW OFFICE (SHANGHAI OFFICE)
- Naoko KoyanoHSML P.C.
- Richard KurzHaug Partners LLP
- Julie M. LakeMerck & Co Inc.
- Anna LeathleyCarpmaels & Ransford LLP
- Wan Chieh (Jenny) LeeHaug Partners LLP
- Fievel LimSteptoe LLP
- Juhua LuoCCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office
- Scott MacdonaldWilson Gunn
- Suzy MadarKing & Wood Mallesons
- Matthew L. MadsenOsha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP
- Nupur MaithaniAnand and Anand Advocates
- Mark Charles McLennanKirkland & Ellis, LLP
- Eileen McMahonTorys LLP
- Beverley MooreBorden Ladner Gervais, LLP
- Gustavo F. MoraisDannemann Siemsen
- Lisa MuellerCasimir Jones
- Mira MulvaneyEli Lilly and Co.
- Carol Merritello NielsenNielsen IP Law LLC
- Alycia NoeTyr LLP
- Rafaella OliveiraLicks Attorneys
- Tom PagdinD Young & Co LLP
- John PodtetenieffPlasseraud IP
- Mark V. PolyakovWood Phillips LLP
- Kimberly J. PriorJohnson & Johnson
- Robert T. RamosProcopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
- Juliet RedhouseHoffmann · Eitle
- Teresa RegulyTorys LLP
- Henrietta RooneyElkington & Fife LLP
- Teige SheehanHeslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC
- Daniel L. ShoresRothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck
- Kitt SindenAird & McBurney LP
- Kitt SindenAird & McBurney LP
- Andrew SkodynCassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
- Kaitlin Jane SoyeAird & McBurney LP
- Elizabeth N. SparAstellas Pharma Europe Ltd
- David SteinOlson Stein LLP
- J. Eric ThiesOrganon
- Mary TillFinnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Amrish TiwariK & S Partners
- Jonathan UnderwoodAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
- Julia Vom WegeBristol Myers Squibb Company
- Kathryn WadeKilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Sandra WellsDanaher Corporation
- Eleanor WilsonCassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
- Jay ZakaibGowling WLG (Canada) LLP
- Daniel ZhangAbbVie
- Jessica ZimberlinPfizer Inc.
- Non-Voting Member:Isabella Rodrigues Bonisolo, Licks Attorneys
- Non-Voting Member:Jennifer Che, Eagle IP Limited
- Non-Voting Member:Shana Cyr, Bristol Myers Squibb Company
- Non-Voting Member:Wil M. Evans, Bristol Myers Squibb Company
- Non-Voting Member:Lisa Horninger, Johnson & Johnson
- Non-Voting Member:Jamie Hsu, ESSEN Patent and Trademark Office
- Non-Voting Member:Aloys Hüttermann, Michalski Hüttermann & Partner
- Non-Voting Member:Nicole Kopinski, Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
- Non-Voting Member:Toby Mak, Tee & Howe Intellectual Property Attorneys
- Non-Voting Member:Jeremy McKown, Johnson & Johnson
- Non-Voting Member:Roberto Rodrigues Pinho, RNA Law
- Non-Voting Member:Andrew Shaughnessy, Torys LLP
- Non-Voting Member:Sarah Tully, Roche, Inc.
- Non-Voting Member:Cheng Yu Wang, ESSEN Patent and Trademark Office
- Non-Voting Member:Marian Wolanski, Belmore Neidrauer LLP