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Aché Laboratórios Farmacêuticos is a Brazilian pharmaceutical manufacturer that currently employs 4,600 people and holds a diversified portfolio of more than 300 brands in over 800 product presentations of prescription medicines. Supporting the executive legal director Luciana Gualda, who has led the team since 2011, are legal managers Julio Cesar Moraes dos Santos and Milton Guido Manzato. Patent coordinator Elza Durham also plays a significant role owing to her specialism in intellectual property. The team provided assistance on Aché’s 2016 acquisition of Nortis Pharmaceuticals, a key development in terms of the Aché business’ industrial investments plan. The following year, it was also involved in securing important partnerships with Atos and Ferris to modernise its IT systems and explore nanotechnologies respectively.