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Protecting the next generation of healthcare breakthroughs with strategic patent solutions.

Healthcare innovation is advancing at an unprecedented pace, from breakthrough cancer treatments to personalised medicine. With these advancements come significant challenges: long development timelines, high costs and complex patent landscapes. We help clients navigate these hurdles, securing the intellectual property that powers life-changing solutions. Whether it’s patenting cutting-edge therapies or ensuring access to breakthrough treatments, our expertise brings these healthcare innovations to market.

Trusted by leading business

We’re proud to work alongside some of the most innovative names in health, from originators to generics, startups and beyond.

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Protecting your innovation

We help companies, researchers and scientists in the health industry protect innovations and intellectual property rights.

Identifying patentable innovations

Guiding clients through the patent landscape to find the best protection strategy for their innovations. Whether you’re an originator, generic, startup or established name, our expertise helps identify which innovations to protect and how to safeguard them.

Addressing infringement issues

Navigating potential patent violations in the evolving health industry. Our legal and technical expertise helps prevent misuse, taking action to resolve infringements while also ensuring your business avoids infringing on existing patents.

Driving strategic patent monitoring

Implementing tailored patent strategies and leveraging government-backed schemes like WBSO and innovation box to reduce tax on R&D projects. Long term, we ensure compliance with regulatory changes so clients can adapt to shifts in the market.

Managing formalities and enforcing rights

Drafting detailed patent applications and defining invention claims for maximum protection. Our team manages the formalities across jurisdictions, ensuring compliance with national and international regulations to safeguard IP rights.

Working alongside an entire industry

Our attorneys are engaged across the entire energy sector, supporting a wide range of clients. Here’s a glimpse into the innovations we’re working on, with projects spanning several areas.

Cutting-edge cancer therapies

  • Developing antibodies that target specific mechanisms to prevent cancer cells from attacking the immune system

  • Antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) development, including treatments that combine biological antibodies with chemical drugs to target and treat cancer

IP support for big pharma

  • Securing SPCs to extend patent protection for pharmaceutical products and mitigate the effects of lengthy clinical trials

  • Developing comprehensive patent strategies, filing patents for drug compounds, formulations and delivery mechanisms to ensure long-term protection

Targeted treatment delivery systems

  • Novel delivery mechanisms using nanoparticles to enhance the effectiveness of treatments

  • Therapies and diagnostics that use microRNA technologies for targeted treatment and disease detection

Advances in microbiome and nutrition-based therapies

  • Gut microbiome modifications that prevent or treat diseases such as type 2 diabetes, connecting health and nutrition

  • Development into individual dietary needs that can be tailored based on microbiome data to prevent disease

SUCCESS STORY

Breakthrough in diabetes treatment: Caelus Health

Caelus Health is fighting against Type 2 Diabetes with groundbreaking treatment, targeting naturally occurring microorganisms in the intestines. With a strong patent portfolio, the company has partnered with leading international organisations to pave the way for new solutions in diabetes care.

Growing trust: why customers choose us

View our success stories

"With EP&C’s support, we can protect and secure groundbreaking technologies for broad application. A valuable partnership for our journey towards impact."

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Utrecht Holdings

"We are particularly pleased with the prompt communication and the creative thinking in both ordinary and less ordinary matters."

Luc Sterkman Caelus Health

Luc Sterkman

Caelus Health

“Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam highly values its collaboration with EP&C. Their expertise and support have been important in protecting our research findings and create societal impact."

Jan van de Loosdrecht

Jan van de Loosdrecht

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Health patent protectors

Our attorneys work with clients across a range of health industry categories, including originators, generics and the world’s most innovative health technology companies. We ensure your innovations are not only protected but positioned for success.