Bird & Bird’s multidisciplinary life sciences team advises companies on complex and business-critical matters, with deep expertise across regulatory, IP, corporate and commercial issues. The team is increasingly active in digital health, biotech, and public procurement and benefits from strong international capabilities. Practice head Marc Martens advises across the full lifecycle of medicinal products and medical devices, while Jean-Christophe Troussel brings extensive experience in contentious and transactional IP and technology-related matters at both national and cross-border levels.
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- ‘The practice stands out for outside-the-box thinking, responsive, pragmatic and across-the-details approach. The team's key strengths include deep industry knowledge, cross-border capabilities, and a highly skilled team of litigators.’
Key clients
- Polpharma Pharmaceutical Works
- Neuraxpharm
- Laboratorios Lesvi S.L.U.
- Ethics Committees of several Belgian Universities
- Teva Pharma
- PDC*Line Pharma SA
- Sumitomo Pharma
- Marines Transparency Belgium
- AdHoc Clinical
- Envyzant
- InhaTarget Therapeutics
- IDRx
Work highlights
Represents Polpharma in a landmark EU regulatory dispute over generic access to Tecfidera, involving novel interpretations of pharmaceutical law and data exclusivity. Following a major General Court victory, later overturned on appeal, the team continues to coordinate multi-jurisdictional litigation and regulatory engagement. The case has earned multiple LMG Life Sciences “Impact Case of the Year” awards.
Represents STADA Arzneimittel and its subsidiary EG in one of Belgium’s largest ongoing patent infringement cases, brought by Bayer over the dosing patent for rivaroxaban. The high-profile dispute, involving complex patent, regulatory, contractual and antitrust issues, spans multiple proceedings and has been recognised as an “Impact Case of the Year.”
Advised Myocene, a Belgian medtech startup company specialising in measuring muscle fatigue, and its current shareholders in a Series A venture capital round of financing.
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Practice head
Marc Martens
Other key lawyers
Jean-Christophe Troussel; Paul Hermant; Brent Springael; Domien Op de Beeck; Kevin Munungu; Benedicte Mourisse