Team Member - Intellectual Property (Formulation)

Job Description:

Title: Team Member/Manager – Intellectual Property Cell – Formulation

Location: Vikhroli, Mumbai

Role

• Support product development by providing timely IP inputs to relevant stakeholders (RA, R&D etc.) to ensure smooth product launch.
• Provide insights in patent litigation and opposition to align with product strategy in a cost effective manner
• Undertake due diligence of products to apprise stakeholders about key patent rights to identify acquisition or early launch potential.
• Identify new product opportunities for driving portfolio selection and evaluate innovative ideas to identify new opportunities for patent protection/ development for differentiated product
• Conduct patent search in order to determine patentable inventions and consequently file and prosecute patent applications for augmenting and bolstering patent estate.
• Lead due diligence activity for products of interest to apprise stakeholders about the value proposition in acquiring / licensing/ the product from IP standpoint for M&A deals

Educational qualifications:

• Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm)/ Masters of Pharmacy (M. Pharm) preferably with a Diploma in Intellectual Property Law

Relevant experience:

• Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm) with 8 years of relevant experience/ Masters of Pharmacy (M. Pharm) with 6 years of relevant experience preferably with a Diploma in Intellectual Property Law.

Additional skills:

• Should have relevant techno-legal experience with respect to regulated markets
• Should have in-depth knowledge of Patent laws of India, US and Europe.
• Should have an eye for detail and acumen for Paragraph IV filings in USA.