Patrick Gallagher

< style="background-color: initial;">Duane Morris LLP is pleased to announce that Patrick Gallagher, Ph.D., a partner based in the Boca Raton office, has been appointed chair of the firm’s pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals litigation and regulatory group.

As chair, Dr. Gallagher will focus on coordinating the practice group’s firm-wide efforts to provide comprehensive services to clients within the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries throughout all stages of product development, from corporate and securities law and securing funding, developing and implementing intellectual property and regulatory strategies, to successfully introducing products to market. With 29 offices around the world, Duane Morris has the legal capability and footprint to assist domestic and international clients, from start-up companies to established organizations, accelerate the launch of products within the U.S. and globally.

“Patrick’s extensive scientific background coupled with his deep legal knowledge in intellectual property and regulatory law make him the ideal candidate to lead the firm’s pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical litigation and regulatory practice group,” said L. Norwood (Woody) Jameson, chair of the Intellectual Property Practice Group at Duane Morris. “We look forward to continued success on behalf of our clients under Patrick’s leadership of the group.”

Dr. Gallagher regularly assists pharmaceutical companies, compounding pharmacies, and others in the agricultural, chemical, and biotechnology industries in a variety of intellectual property and regulatory law matters, including developing and executing intellectual property and regulatory strategies, prevention and resolution of disputes, patent and trade secret litigation, and compliance with applicable Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations as well as applicable state laws and regulations enforced by State Boards of Pharmacy.

Dr. Gallagher also advises veterinary compounding pharmacies with respect to differences in applicable regulations for compounded medications intended for veterinary use, and the development of business practices to comply with regulations.

“I am honored to have been appointed chair of the practice group and look forward to working with my esteemed colleagues to continue serving our clients in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries and assisting them in gaining a competitive advantage in the marketplace as they bring their products to fruition,” said Gallagher. “I am equally looking forward to Florida’s ongoing growth in the biotech industry and increased collaborations and partnerships throughout the state.”

“Patrick is an extraordinary attorney with the innate ability to understand the impacts and developments behind his client’s innovations,” said Harvey Gurland, managing partner of Duane Morris’ Miami and Boca Raton offices. “His keen insights that have served his clients so well will also be of great use to the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical litigation and regulatory practice group under Patrick’s leadership.”

An equine enthusiast, Dr. Gallagher served as president of PCG Equine Research, Inc. at the University of Kentucky, where he researched spinal skeletal disorders in horses and the genetic and biopharmaceutical impacts.

He earned his Juris Doctorate degree, cum laude, from DePaul University College of Law, and his Ph.D. in molecular genetics from the University of Kentucky. He also earned his bachelors of science in genetics from the University of Wisconsin.

Dr. Gallagher is admitted to practice law in Florida and Illinois, as well as the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He currently serves on the global committee for the Food and Drug Law Institute and the American Bar Association’s young lawyer’s division. He previously served as a board member for the Health and Disability Advocates and the Public Interest Law Initiative.

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