We are committed to providing high quality services in the most efficient and timely fashion. Through the expertise and competence of our professionals, we are able to provide assistance in the most complicated extraordinary transactions, offering tailor-made advice on important, delicate and complicated legal matters. We serve our clients in a fully integrated, flexible and coordinated manner in the spirit of a “one-stop shop” law firm. Our life science practice can be described as follows:

Clients and Industries We understand the needs of a company researching, financing, developing, manufacturing, commercializing and testing new and technically advanced medicinal or medical products by giving an excellent legal support at every stage. Our life sciences clients range from pharmaceutical companies to medical device manufacturers, biotechnology and nanotechnology companies, CROs, medical insurers and e-health technology providers. We offer tailored services to large multinational groups, as well as to smaller enterprises or start-up ventures.

360° Regulatory Assistance We advise on regulatory requirements connected to a wide variety of issues, such as the commercialization of pharmaceutical products and medical devices, conduct of clinical trials, promotional activities for pharmaceutical products and medical devices, as well as any relating data protection issues. We assist clients in the drafting and execution of compliance programs and organizational models relating to corporate liability pursuant to Legislative Decree no. 231 of 2001, also by acting as external members of their Compliance Committees.

Contracts and Corporate We are especially skilled in drafting and negotiating licensing and partnering agreements, research and development agreements, joint ventures arrangements, clinical trials agreements, co-promotion and co-marketing agreements. We know the rules applicable to agreements with health care professionals and institutions and the pitfalls to avoid. We also advise life science clients in corporate transactions such as acquisitions, mergers, investment and financing agreements, joint ventures and shareholders agreements, as well as any relating service (due diligence investigations, drafting of corporate resolutions, etc.).