In such a highly regulated industry and in these turbulent and uncertain times, understanding the key challenges of negotiating and drafting an effective and watertight contract on an international level are complex topics. They can be difficult for even the most well-equipped in-house lawyer and most often it is not the lawyer in the driving seat.
Commercial managers from all areas of the pharmaceutical industry are leading negotiations and drafting and managing key contracts on a daily basis. It is vital that both legal counsel and commercial executives not only have the key skills and tactics to create a win:win scenario but also the knowledge to ensure any agreement is within current laws and regulations. The alternative is the exposure of the organisation to unnecessary risk and costly disputes.
This programme will:
- Deliver an in-depth examination of intellectual property issues that affect pharmaceutical industry agreements
- Focus on competition regulations pertinent to pharmaceutical industry agreements
- Analyse the commercial and legal issues affecting pharmaceutical industry agreements
- Examine collaboration and licensing agreements
This unique and highly interactive two-day programme looks at all stages of the contracting process and aims to deliver applied training through a balanced blend of practical learning. The presenters will use a mixture of practical exercises and cases from the pharmaceutical industry to ensure you leave the seminar with the knowledge and skills to perfect all stages of the contracting process.
Benefits of attending
By attending this seminar, you will:
- Update your practical skills when drafting effective licensing and collaboration agreements
- Explore the current issues relating to IP including the Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court
- Understand the key intellectual property issues affecting pharmaceutical industry agreements
- Explore the implications of SPCs for pharmaceutical industry agreements
- Learn how to draft contracts to avoid anti-trust infringement
- Familiarise yourself with the key commercial and legal issues that affect pharmaceutical industry agreements
- Gain knowledge of the key issues in clinical trial agreements, contract manufacturing agreements and co-promotion, co-marketing and distribution agreements, and material transfer agreements
- Get to grips with competition law relevant to doing deals in the pharmaceutical industry and best practice tactics to use
Certifications:
- CPD: 12 hours for your records
- Certificate of completion
Course Content
Day 1
Who Should Attend
Personnel from R&D, clinical, regulatory, commercial, sales and marketing, manufacturing, distribution and purchasing functions, including:
- In-house counsel
- Commercial and contract managers
- Business development managers
- Purchasing and procurement personnel
- Heads of legal departments
- Legal advisers
- Patent, IP, trade marks or licensing counsel
