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Training Overview

The current pandemic has turned the global focus on the issues surrounding the patenting and protection of COVID-19 vaccines, drugs, and other treatments. On the one hand, companies and institutions developing these treatments want to protect their innovations. Like other patent claims, compound, composition, and method claims for vaccines must have novel, non-obvious, and useful properties. They may also include multiple layers of patents from formulations to manufacturing to methods of use. On the other hand, public interest in getting access to vaccines is at an all-time high. Issues such as compulsory licensing, march-in rights, and IP waivers have all been mentioned in helping countries get access to treatments and avoid infringement. This presentation will discuss not only the global patenting issues facing vaccines but will also look at some of the challenges facing vaccine patenting.

Why Should You Attend

To understand the intellectual property and patent issues surrounding the developing of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments.

Webinar Takeaway

  • Overview of vaccines
  • COVID-19 vaccines in development                   
  • Patentability considerations for compound, composition, and method of use patents
  • Patent licensing issues including compulsory, march-in rights, IP waivers

Key Learning Objectives

  • Understand the patentability issues facing vaccine patents
  • Understand the patentability issues facing method of treatment claims
  • Understand the public health interests in accessing COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, including compulsory licensing, march-in rights, and IP waivers play

Who Will Benefit

  • C-level executives in companies developing vaccines
  • Anyone interested in understanding the current situation surrounding the development of COVID-19 vaccines


FDA Faculty Joanna

Joanna Brougher

Life Sciences IP attorney for Entrepreneurs and Start-ups, Educator, International Speaker, and Author

Boston, Massachusetts

Joanna is a patent attorney who focuses her practice on all aspects of services related to patents in the areas of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, including patentability opinions, patent drafting, domestic and foreign patent prosecution, development and management of patent portfolios, and general client counseling during all phases of a product’s lifecycle, from concept to commercialization

Joanna’s patent experience covers a variety of complex and innovative inventions involving small molecule drugs, biologics, cell-based technologies, compositions, drug formulations and drug delivery systems, immunotherapeutics, medical devices, diagnostic tests, and immunology, particularly vaccines and antibodies. Joanna also has experience counseling clients on the Hatch-Waxman Act and is monitoring developments involving biosimilars under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act.

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About World Compliance Seminars (WCS)

World Compliance Seminars (WCS) is one stop solution for all your pharmaceuticalbiotechnology and medical device certification program needs. The pharmaceutical and medical device training requirements are set forth by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and other major regulatory bodies like NIHEMA, as well as numerous European based national regulatory bodies.

These requirements are important to the training of pharmaceutical reps who are responsible for the education, professional development, and on-the-job training. The training is broken down into different sections to cover a wide variety of topics, including pharmaceutical formulation, pharmaceutical transfer processes , GLP, GMP, Clinical ComplianceProcess Validation, Global Regulatory Affairs, Document Management,GMP (Good manufacturing practice) QSR and CMC and many more.

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