CIPA Annual Life Sciences Conference 2018

Tortworth Court, Wotton-Under-Edge

Programme

Thursday 8th November, 2018

Chair: Simon Wright, J.A. Kemp

09:00 – 09:30 Registration & Coffee

09:30 – 09:45 Introduction & Welcome

Simon Wright, J A Kemp

09:45 – 10:05 Recent Changes at the EPO

Gareth Probert, HGF

10:05 – 10:25 The Impact of the EPO Perspective

Suzanne Herrera, EPO

10:25 – 10:45 How the Changes Have Affected Day to Day Work

Jen Le Miere, Kymab

10:45 - 10:55 Q&A

10:55 - 11:30 Tea & Coffee

11:30 – 12:00 Current Status of Litigation in Europe

TBC

12:00 – 12:40 Panel Session: Hot Topics in Pharmaceutical IP

David Rosenberg, GSK & James Horgan, Merck

Moderated by Marion Rees, Adiga Life Sciences

12:40 -14:00 Lunch

Programme

Thursday 8th November, 2018

Chair: Julia Florence, GlaxoSmithKline

Life Sciences Beyond Therapeutics

14:00 – 14:30 Diagnostic and IP

Sarah Boxall, Boxall IPM Ltd.

14:30 – 15:00 Medical Apps

Niklas Mattsson, Awapatent

15:00 – 15:30 The Combination of API and Devices

Richard Summersell, Vectura

15:30 - 16:00 Tea & Coffee

16:00 – 16:30 Patent Term Extensions for Combinations and

Devices - a Broader View

Andy Cook, AstraZeneca

16:30 – 17:15 Scientific Presentation

Ian Barwick, Proton Partners International

18.15 – 19:00 Pre-dinner Drinks

19:00 – 19:30 Pre-Dinner Speech by Lord Neuberger

Introduced by the CIPA President

19.30 Dinner

Programme

Friday 9th November, 2018

Chair: Michelle Jones, Astex

09:00 - 09:15 Introduction

Michelle Jones, Astex

09:15 – 09:55 Canadian Life Sciences Patent Practice:

A Goose-Eye View

Tuba Yamac and Emma Saffman BCF

09:55– 10:45 US Law Update

David Resnick, Nixon Peabody

10:45 - 11.15 Tea & Coffee

11:15 – 11:35 UK Law Update

Nicole Jadeja, FieldFisher

11:35 – 11:55 UK IPO

Julyan Elbro, UK IPO

11:55 – 12:15 EPO Case Law Update 2018

Barbara Rigby, Dehns

12:15 – 12:35 Update from the EPO

TBC

12:35 – 12:50 Q&A

12:50 – 14:00 Lunch