Kazumitsu Goto
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Genetics, Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Specialty Chemicals and allied fields are right at the leading edge of human knowledge development.
Developments such as these aren’t easy to achieve, but they have significant value – and that value needs to be incentivized, financed, protected, tested, deployed, commercialized and defended.
Withers’ lawyers regularly handle all types of work in these fields, serving a diverse range of clients – scientists, sponsors, manufacturers, distributors, investors.
Many have a technical or scientific background themselves, with PhDs on the team in all the key subject matters. Key leaders of the team even have in-house experience, including as chief patent counsel for a joint venture by two large pharmaceutical companies, enabling unique insight into the challenges and the opportunities – from the mundane to the sublime.
This combined experience means we can handle all your needs quickly and effectively. We understand the technology, the regulation, the competition, the capital constraints and returns within a commercial environment.
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