Service Overview
UTMPS has one of the region’s most experienced Life Sciences IP practices. Substantial amount of patent work focuses on pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical appliances, healthcare, etc., giving us deep insight into scientific, regulatory, and commercial risks. Our 40+ Life Sciences team brings together lawyers, patent attorneys, engineers, and scientists, many with advanced degrees and in-house experience in biotech, medical devices and pharma.
Clients trust us to deliver the correct legal and technical advice needed to protect innovations from development through market entry across MENA and South Asia.
Our Capabilities
Our work with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical appliances and healthcare companies spans the full lifecycle of product development, regulatory strategy, commercialisation, and enforcement across emerging and established markets.
Life Sciences IP Protection & Prosecution
We advise on IP protection for pharmaceuticals, biologics, biotechnological products, medical equipment, and healthcare innovations, including patent drafting, translation, filing, and prosecution across the Middle East, South Asia and Africa.
Regulatory and Compliance
We advise on regulatory requirements across all jurisdictions in which we operate, including data protection, approvals, labelling, and regulatory due diligence.
Freedom-to-Operate & Commercial Risk Assessment
We conduct freedom-to-operate analyses to support product development, investment decisions, and market entry strategies.
Licensing & Technology Transfer
We support life sciences licensing, collaboration structures, and technology transfer arrangements, enabling commercialisation while managing IP risk.
Disputes, Investigations & Anti-Counterfeiting
- We manage and lead investigations, supply-chain monitoring, providing technical analysis and related services to successfully undertake anti-counterfeiting programmes on behalf of our life sciences clients.
- We represent clients in enforcing their rights in pharmaceutical, biotech, medical equipment, and healthcare disputes from the court of first instance to the highest court of each jurisdiction.
Representative Matters
- Acting as long-standing patent counsel for global biopharmaceutical innovators on multiple portfolios involving biologics, peptide analogues, metabolic therapies, and regenerative medicines, etc.
- Advising multinational pharmaceutical and biotech companies on biologics patent prosecution and related scientific, regulatory, and patentability issues.
- Managing and aligning patent portfolios for major life sciences companies across the Middle East, South Asia and Africa.
- Providing strategic opinions on patentability, marketing authorisation, patent linkage, and regulatory-driven exclusivities.
- Acting in enforcement and litigation matters for leading global pharmaceutical companies, including infringement, invalidity challenges, parallel injunction proceedings, and regulatory-linked enforcement to restrict imitation and unlawful marketing of patented compounds.
- Representing pharmaceutical brands in trademark enforcement related to packaging imitation, trade dress copying, and passing off.
- Supporting the prosecution of advanced life sciences technologies across various medical fields, including chondrogenesis, regenerative medicine, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Nephrology, Neurology, metabolic disorders, etc.
Service Overview
UTMPS has one of the region’s most experienced Life Sciences IP practices. Substantial amount of patent work focuses on pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical appliances, healthcare, etc., giving us deep insight into scientific, regulatory, and commercial risks. Our 40+ Life Sciences team brings together lawyers, patent attorneys, engineers, and scientists, many with advanced degrees and in-house experience in biotech, medical devices and pharma.
Clients trust us to deliver the correct legal and technical advice needed to protect innovations from development through market entry across MENA and South Asia.
Our Capabilities
Our work with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical appliances and healthcare companies spans the full lifecycle of product development, regulatory strategy, commercialisation, and enforcement across emerging and established markets.
Life Sciences IP Protection & Prosecution
We advise on IP protection for pharmaceuticals, biologics, biotechnological products, medical equipment, and healthcare innovations, including patent drafting, translation, filing, and prosecution across the Middle East, South Asia and Africa.
Regulatory and Compliance
We advise on regulatory requirements across all jurisdictions in which we operate, including data protection, approvals, labelling, and regulatory due diligence.
Freedom-to-Operate & Commercial Risk Assessment
We conduct freedom-to-operate analyses to support product development, investment decisions, and market entry strategies.
Licensing & Technology Transfer
We support life sciences licensing, collaboration structures, and technology transfer arrangements, enabling commercialisation while managing IP risk.
Disputes, Investigations & Anti-Counterfeiting
- We manage and lead investigations, supply-chain monitoring, providing technical analysis and related services to successfully undertake anti-counterfeiting programmes on behalf of our life sciences clients.
- We represent clients in enforcing their rights in pharmaceutical, biotech, medical equipment, and healthcare disputes from the court of first instance to the highest court of each jurisdiction.
Representative Matters
- Acting as long-standing patent counsel for global biopharmaceutical innovators on multiple portfolios involving biologics, peptide analogues, metabolic therapies, and regenerative medicines, etc.
- Advising multinational pharmaceutical and biotech companies on biologics patent prosecution and related scientific, regulatory, and patentability issues.
- Managing and aligning patent portfolios for major life sciences companies across the Middle East, South Asia and Africa.
- Providing strategic opinions on patentability, marketing authorisation, patent linkage, and regulatory-driven exclusivities.
- Acting in enforcement and litigation matters for leading global pharmaceutical companies, including infringement, invalidity challenges, parallel injunction proceedings, and regulatory-linked enforcement to restrict imitation and unlawful marketing of patented compounds.
- Representing pharmaceutical brands in trademark enforcement related to packaging imitation, trade dress copying, and passing off.
- Supporting the prosecution of advanced life sciences technologies across various medical fields, including chondrogenesis, regenerative medicine, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Nephrology, Neurology, metabolic disorders, etc.
Why Life Science Clients Choose Us
Dual qualified (law & science degrees ) patent attorneys
Technical Expertise
Ph.D.-level scientists and engineers
Regional Execution at Scale
Hands-on delivery across 16 complex regulatory and enforcement regimes
End-to-End IP Support
We stay with the asset – from filing through enforcement and value realisation.
Global Coordination
A reliable regional partner for U.S., EU, and Asian counsel managing multi-jurisdictional portfolios.
