Life Sciences & Healthcare
Helping life sciences and healthcare businesses to transform lives.
Life sciences and healthcare organizations depend on experienced guidance and representation in business, legal, and regulatory matters.
Perkins Coie’s Life Sciences & Healthcare team supports clients through investment rounds, licensing agreements, and other crucial business and technology transactions.
Healthcare
Our clients in healthcare include hospitals, healthcare systems, medical centers, and laboratories. We offer counsel on regulatory compliance, clinical business, litigation, taxation, reimbursement, privacy and security, real estate, and supply chain management. We also help our clients understand the complexities of fraud and antitrust matters.
Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
Our international biotechnology and pharmaceutical professionals, comprising more than 80 lawyers, patent agents, and advisers, support our clients in developing and commercializing innovative products and services to diagnose, prevent, and treat disease.
Medical Devices
Our team counsels clients in the medical device and medtech fields, including startups, major manufacturers, and academic institutions. We cover innovations spanning cardiovascular, optics, renal care, surgical tools, and beyond.
Industry & Technical Strengths
We provide patent and corporate counsel to life science, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and research companies.
Areas of Focus
Advanced Industry Knowledge and Experience
Many of our life sciences lawyers hold advanced degrees in molecular biology, chemistry, or biophysics, with focus areas including:
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning diagnostic tools and drug discovery.
- Antibody, peptibody, and antibody-drug conjugate therapeutics.
- Biologics and biosimilars.
- Cancer diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines.
- Cellular therapeutics.
- Diagnostics.
- Gene editing, including CRISPR technology.
- Gene therapy, including nonviral and viral gene delivery.
- Genetic testing, including cfDNA diagnostics and noninvasive prenatal testing.
- Genetically engineered cells and microorganisms.
- Immunology, including autoimmune treatment and diagnostics.
- Immunotherapy, including CAR-T and T-cell receptor therapy.
- Microfluidics, microplates, and microarrays.
- Oncology.
- Nanotechnology.
- Nucleic acid sequencing and multiplex screening.
- NexGen and Third Gen sequencing.
- Peptide design and therapeutics.
- Personalized medicine/precision medicine.
- Pharmaceuticals.
- Protein identification, characterization, and therapeutics.
- Small molecule identification, synthesis, and therapeutics.
- Stem cell generation, modification, and therapy.
- Targeted drug delivery.
- Viral diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines, including COVID-19.
We have expanded the reach of our industry knowledge through our publications, blogs, and engagement with industry associations, as well as by serving on the boards of directors of multiple life sciences organizations.
