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HGF IP in Healthcare Virtual Conference 2021

February 2021

Event date: 14th January 2021

In 2021, HGF’s IP in Healthcare Conference will be delivered virtually through a series of webinars across January, February and March. The webinars will review the latest IP and related issues in the pharmaceuticals, life sciences and medical device sectors.

The healthcare sector has a long history of life-changing innovation, with new and evolving technology at its core. Changes in human interaction have played a significant role in this success story, with people’s ability to impart personal details, interact with websites, and use apps to obtain medical advice and track chronic conditions.

All of this, along with developments in personalised medicine, use of AI, big data, robotics, VR and new drug delivery systems, not to mention the recent Covid-19 treatments and vaccine developments, means that IP in healthcare has never been more important and we will be discussing these topics in more detail in our upcoming webinars.

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About HGF’s Healthcare team

HGF’s Healthcare team provides professional expertise and commercially focused advice to business leaders and decision makers in the healthcare fields of pharmaceuticals, life sciences and medical devices.

HGF has in-depth knowledge of the sector, and the experience to provide you with high quality and commercially focused advice in relation to the protection of your IP rights.

Read more about HGF’s Healthcare team here.

Attendees

Craig
Thomson

Susan
Keston

Andrew
McGettrick

Caroline
Pigott

Sofie
McPherson

Michelle
Davies

Janet
Knowles

Rigel
Moss McGrath

Adam
Hines

Laurence
Gainey

Rachel
Fetches

Hsu
Min Chung

Vanessa
Stainthorpe

Daniel
Woollaston

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