Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP utilizes the bench strength of the team’s varied backgrounds in life sciences, government, academia and chemistry to regularly advise on patent licensing, IP strategy, collaborations, strategic alliances, joint ventures, and standards body advice. The prosecution and counseling of life science and chemistry patents, business methods and e-commerce patents, electrical, mechanical and software patents is a specialism. Louis Beardell heads the team in Philadelphia, leveraging his focused IP expertise to advise on matters in connection with patent strategies, IP due diligence, litigation and transactions. Leading the firm’s life sciences transactions practice in Princeton is Alan Leeds, lauded for representing companies from biotech startups to global pharma companies. Local practice group leader of the Silicon Valley and San Francisco practice Rahul Kapoor is well vested in supporting clients in commercial, IP and tech transactions. In Chicago, Benjamin Pensak is noted for counselling clients on tech transactions and other corporate matters within the life sciences industry.
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Key clients
- Merck
- Western Digital
- Bristol Myers Squibb
- MeiraGTx
- Eli Lilly and Co.
- Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.
Work highlights
- Represented Merck in its global development and commercialization agreement for three of Daiichi Sankyo’s DXd antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) candidates: patritumab deruxtecan (HER3-DXd), ifinatamab deruxtecan (I-DXd), and raludotatug deruxtecan (R-DXd).
- Represented Takeda Pharmaceutical Company in its strategic and exclusive collaboration with Kumquat Biosciences valued up to $1.2 billion to develop and commercialize a novel immuno-oncology small molecule inhibitor as a mono- and/or combination-therapy.
- Represented Eli Lilly in its collaboration with Aktis Oncology to discover and develop novel tumor-targeting radiopharmaceuticals.
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Alan Leeds
Benjamin Pensak
Practice head
Louis Beardell; Alan Leeds; Rahul Kapoor; Benjamin Pensak