Morrison Foerster fields a cross-disciplinary life sciences team advising on IP, licensing and commercial agreements, startup ventures, and litigation matters. The firm is regularly instructed by emerging biotech companies and provides strategic patent counsel to support the development of new therapies and technologies. Daralyn Durie serves alongside Michael Ward as co-chairs of the life sciences group. Based in San Francisco, Durie litigates patent infringement trials for pharma clients, while Ward focuses on IP issues relating to plants and plant products, advising on plant and plant utility patents, licensing agreements for plant IP, and related litigation in US state and federal courts, working between San Francisco and Boston. Palo Alto-based Catherine Polizzi advises a range of clients from emerging startups to larger companies on protecting therapies, drugs, and technologies as they move from development to commercialization, and has also been involved in acquisitions within the life sciences sector.
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