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Patrick Joseph Igoe

Patrick Joseph Igoe, Life Sciences Patent Attorney, Independent IP Litigation ConsultantLife Sciences Patent Attorney
Independent IP Litigation Consultant
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Patrick Joseph Igoe is a consultant and registered patent attorney in New York. His focus is patent issues throughout Life Sciences - for example, diagnostic/therapeutic assays; medical devices/imaging technologies; Rx antibiotics, biologics, drugs, and vaccines; and OTC medicines. His expertise includes active ongoing evaluations of now-current patent and/or FDA litigations. Mr. Igoe directly handles both typical patent areas and IP deals. He has completed numerous patent filings and deals, directed licensing campaigns, and drafted commercial/IP contracts. His expertise includes subjects such as antidepressants; small molecule organic chemistry; catalytic antibody prodrugs; drug-eluting stents; crop protection pesticides; cancer assays; animal vaccines; birth control implants; drug-eluting polymers; and stereochemistry. Mr. Igoe has served as in-house counsel at Bayer Diagnostics, Wyeth, and Igen. He holds a JD from Albany Law School and a BS in Chemistry/Math from Union College. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History
2003 - present Life Sciences Patent Attorney
Independent IP Litigation Consultant
2000 - 2003 In-House Legal Counsel
Bayer Diagnostics (now Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics [NYSE:SI])
1997 - 2000 In-House Legal Counsel
American Home Products (now Wyeth [NYSE:WYE])
1993 - 1997 In-House Legal Counsel
IGEN (now Roche)
1992 - 1993 Assistant Patent Examiner/GS13 level
United States Patent And Trademark Office/Group Art Unit 1102/electrochemistry/classes 204 and 205

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Patent Win Protects Eisai's Aricept Against Teva's Potential Generic Product Launch Via Preliminary Injunction | 03-31-2008
Author: Patrick Joseph Igoe, Life Sciences Patent Attorney, Independent IP Litigation Consultant

* As noted in the Wall Street Journal article, Aricept® is a blockbuster drug for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.  And, as noted in Judge Ackerman's ruling, Aricept sales are a huge source of Eisai's revenue - "sales of Aricept® in the United States constitute 70% of Eisai’s...

Amgen's EPO Patent Win At The Federal Circuit | 03-19-2008
Author: Patrick Joseph Igoe, Life Sciences Patent Attorney, Independent IP Litigation Consultant

(1) The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit - in a complicated 22-page split Opinion earlier today Wed 19 Mar 2008 - provided Amgen another victory in its long patent battle(s) with Hoffmann-LaRoche. (2) Amgen's Aranesp® and EPOGEN® (each a prescription only product...

Neurontin® (Gabapentin) Patent Trials - Pfizer Victory Remains Possible | 09-24-2007
Author: Patrick Joseph Igoe, Life Sciences Patent Attorney, Independent IP Litigation Consultant

The at-risk product launch by [NasdaqGS:TEVA] Teva of generic equivalents to [NYSE:PFE] Pfizer's Neurontin® (gabapentin) might - and the emphasis is clearly on might - yet prove to be an expensive mistake by Teva. The recent Opinion by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit...

Appellate Court Invalidates 2nd-Generation Altace ® (ramipril) Patent 5061722 | 09-12-2007
Author: Patrick Joseph Igoe, Life Sciences Patent Attorney, Independent IP Litigation Consultant

In my prior Tue 31 Jul 2007 Analysis available here http://news.glgroup.com/CM/Analysis/PostDetail.aspx?pid=14722 I stated: The upcoming Altace ® Opinion will most likely fall in line with this noted trend. In other words, King Pharmaceutical [NYSE:KG]'s patent protection for Altace ® (ramipril)...

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