Eversheds Sutherland

IP, Health and Life Sciences

Principal Associate

Magdalena Anna Kotyrba-Hagenmaier is a Principal Associate in Eversheds Sutherland’s Munich office and member both of its IP practice and the Health and Life Sciences Sector Group.

Her scope of activity includes negotiating, protecting and enforcing IP rights for her clients from a wide range of industry, as well as advising clients from the life sciences industry (pharmaceuticals, medical devices, cosmetics, food, chemicals).

As member of our Health & Life Sciences Sector Group Magdalena advises companies from the life sciences industry on several topics, including contractual as well as regulatory matters, topics related to clinical and other trials, as well as questions related to healthcare compliance. She also advices her clients on questions in connection with manufacturing and distribution of life sciences products. Furthermore, she focuses on technology transfer related matters and convergence topics, such as health-apps.

An important part of Magdalena’s activity is advising clients on topics related to R&D in general regarding the creation and protection of her clients’ IP rights. She has specific experience with advising on and negotiation of IP rights resulting from trials and research collaborations between industry partners but also between the industry and universities or other research institutions. Clients appreciate her expertise with granting rights to use and exploitation of IP rights such as licensing, technology transfer, contract research and in general on IP-topics of all kinds.

Before joining Eversheds Sutherland, Magdalena worked for a boutique law firm focusing on pharmaceutical and competition law as well as in-house for an international pharmaceutical company in the area of R&D and healthcare compliance.

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