Practices: Life Sciences

Brown Rudnick helps life sciences companies around the world turn good science into good business.  For decades, industry leaders have trusted us to provide integrated legal services from early-stage funding through growth, partnerships, licensing and exit strategies.

Our lawyers have the industry experience and scientific knowledge to understand your technology and how to leverage it for business success.  As former executives in life science companies, we appreciate the day-to-day issues you face and help you create legal strategies that complement your business goals.

Connecting life sciences companies with financing is one of our top priorities.  Through strong relationships with funding sources, we know investors who will be a good match in your vertical space, at your stage of development and with your management team.  Our strong record of credibility with investors is an essential part of our added value throughout the growth of your enterprise.

We counsel companies in diagnostics, genomics and genetics, medical devices, small molecules, tools and related areas, on business and legal issues concerning:

• Incorporation
• Shareholder, employment and consulting agreements
• Partnering and licensing
• Patent, trademark and copyright protection
• Early stage and growth financing
• Tax issues
• General corporate counseling
• Initial public offerings
• Due diligence
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Licensing and product clearance
• Litigation and risk management
• Legislative advocacy on the state, federal and international levels
• Exit strategies

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• Alert: Federal Circuit Upholds Patentability of Isolated DNA
• Brown Rudnick Advises Hologic, Inc in $3.8 Billion Acquisition Of Gen-Probe