Businesses operating in the life sciences industry require specialist legal advice to navigate complex regulatory frameworks, protect their intellectual property, manage risk, and ensure compliance with industry standards and guidelines.

We have New Zealand's largest and best-recognised life sciences team. We advise a number of the world's largest pharmaceutical and animal health companies, and some of New Zealand's largest businesses in the food and agricultural areas.

New Zealand is a distinct market. We understand how Pharmac operates, the centralised regulatory health environment and the challenges to domestic and international companies.

We provide strategic advice on Pharmac tender and licensing strategies, and have been involved in New Zealand's largest and most successful multi-product supply deals.

On the veterinary and agricultural side, our team has assisted universities, statutory bodies, pharmaceutical, and agricultural companies in bringing products to market, with compliance issues and patent infringement disputes.

Key areas of our life sciences industry expertise include:

• PHARMAC negotiations and submissions
• New Zealand medical and medical device regulatory regimes
• patents and IP protection
• commercialisation strategies
• litigation and reputation management
• clinical trial agreements and consent
• regulatory
• lobbying
• venture capital
• import and export of medicines and medical devices.