Senior Counsel – Biotech Patent Law - Biosimilars
Core
Develop, implement, and execute market access and freedom-to-operate strategies for Amgen's biosimilar and innovator molecules, including patent analysis, litigation support, and counseling on IP strategies.
Role type
Senior in-house counsel (intellectual property/biotech)
Builds
Global freedom-to-operate strategies, patent applications, and legal opinions for biotech products
Domain
Biotechnology / Intellectual Property Law
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Intellectual property law practice, patent prosecution, freedom-to-operate analysis, legal argumentation, pre-litigation activities, cross-functional collaboration
Preferred skills
Adversarial proceedings experience (litigation, IPR, PGR), global IP strategy, science background (molecular biology, biochemistry, etc.), advanced degree in science
Technologies
Patent and Trademark Office registration systems, legal research databases
Responsibilities
Conduct prior art searches and analyze third-party patents; draft and prosecute patent applications; provide patent litigation support; develop global freedom-to-operate strategies; counsel on IP strategies for business and research
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
