Event Information

[Please note that this event has already taken place.]

Spanning over two days, the CIPA Life Sciences Conference is the UK’s leading annual educational and networking event for patent and IP professionals active in the pharma, medical technology and biotechnology sectors.

The conference provided expert insight into the latest developments in patents, regulatory and IP law in the global life science industry, and provided a friendly environment for in-house and private practice professionals to network and share experiences.

Partner Gregory Bacon and senior associates Katie Cambrook and Claire Phipps-Jones attended.

Presentation topics included, but were not limited to:

• UPC update
• View from industry, impact on filing strategy, view on Life Sciences court
  and decisions
• Plausibility in UK and EP
• AI for drafting & patents
• Updates to regulatory (including EC proposals to change exclusivity)
• SPCs and unitary SPC update
• Gene/Stem cell catapult to talk about FTO
• Research tools strategy
• Scientific Presentation: Engineering and Regenerating Human Thymus

For more information, see the CIPA website.