Recent Work by Practice Area

Recent work relevant to Pharmaceutical & Medical Devices   Boston Scientific Corporation     Boston Scientific     Advised Boston Scientific and Guidant Corporation in relation to the sale of the Guidant Vascular Intervention Business to Abbott Laboratories Inc     Advised Boston Scientific Corporation in relation to its acquisition of Guidant Corporation     Date : April 2006 Partners :  Susan O'Halloran                           Date : April 2006 Partners :  Susan O'Halloran                      Paul Heffernan                                       Boston Scientific     GlaxoSmithKline     Ongoing advice to Boston Scientific in relation to its Irish operations.     Advising GlaxoSmithKline in relation to its Irish operations.     Date : Ongoing Partners :  Susan O'Halloran                           Date : Ongoing Partners :  Roddy Bourke                                       Pfizer Pharmaceuticals     Pharmaceutical companies     Advising Pfizer in relation to its Irish operations, including its ongoing corporate restructuring.     Acting for leading pharmaceutical companies in relation to claims arising out of the use of their products including vaccines, skin treatments, contraceptives, anti-infectives and CNS therapies and various intellecual property issues.     Date : Ongoing Partners :  David Lydon                      Guy French                           Date : Ongoing Partners :  Roddy Bourke                                       Tyco     Ultrasonic Scientific     Advising Tyco on its Irish operations.     Advised Ultrasonic Scientific in relation to several equity fund raisings.     Date : Ongoing Partners :  Guy French                           Date : Ongoing Partners :  Paul Lavery                                       Irish Medicines Board     Boston Scientific     Advising in relation to the regulatory functions of the Board including product authorisations.     We act for boston Scientific in a patent infringement action concerning certain elements of a heart stent device     Date : Ongoing Partners :  Roddy Bourke                      Susan O'Halloran                           Date : Ongoing                 Blood Tribunals     Bayer AG     Representing the Irish Blood Transfusion Service Board in many areas     Advising in relation to the Irish merger control notification of the transfer of shares in Makroform and obtaining Phase 1 clearance.     Date : March 2003 Partners :  Roddy Bourke                           Date : July 2003 Partners :  Damian Collins                                       GlaxoSmithKline         We act for GlaxoSmithKline in a patent infringement action.           Date : March 2004