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Roxna
Kapadia

Patent Director

London Office

Life sciences

Telephone. +44 20 7776 5100
Email. [email protected]

Experience

Roxna is a UK and European qualified patent attorney with a technical background in Microbiology and Immunology. She has in-depth knowledge and experience with viral cancer therapeutics, antibodies, microbiome, stem cells, immunotherapy, genetics and food science. Roxna has in-house patent experience working at the small biotechnology company Oncolytics Biotech Inc. and at the multinational company General Electric Healthcare and Merck Sharp & Dohme.

Roxna has experience working before the EPO, UKIPO and WIPO, including drafting and filing applications, prosecution and EPO oppositions and appeals. Roxna also has extensive experience with IP due diligence, validity opinions and FTO analysis. Having worked both in house and in private practice, Roxna is well placed to provide business focused strategic intellectual property advice to her clients.

Roxna is a named inventor on a patent for a method of purifying viruses using gel permeation chromatography. Roxna developed and ran industry-focused intellectual property courses in London UK. In particular Roxna has taught Freedom to Operate courses for the Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical Industry.

Having grown up in Canada and worked in Switzerland, Roxna is fluent in English and French.

Qualifications

Patent Attorney

Chartered (UK)
Europe

Zugelassene Vertreterin vor dem Europäischen Patentamt


BSC

Microbiology and Immunology

MSC

Immunology

MSC

Management of Intellectual Property

Publications

Divergent Roles of Toll-like Receptor 2 in Response to Lipoteichoic acid and Staphylococcus aureus In Vivo.

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The Use of Immunohistochemistry to Determine Oncolytic Reovirus Distribution and Replication In-Human Tumors.

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Conferences: 2023

November 21st 2023

LSPN Europe 2023

Attended

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